{"product_id":"rethinking-the-roman-city-9781032161877","title":"Rethinking the Roman City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe spatial turn has brought forward new analytical imperatives about the importance of space in the relationship between physical and social networks of meaning. This volume explores this in relation to approaches and methodologies in the study of urban space in Roman Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a consequence of these new imperatives, sociological studies on ancient Roman cities are flourishing, demonstrating a new set of approaches that have developed separately from traditional historical and topographical analyses. \u003ci\u003eRethinking the Roman City\u003c\/i\u003e represents a convergence of these different approaches to propose a new interpretive model, looking at the Roman city and one of its key elements: the forum. After an introductory discussion of methodological issues, internationally-know specialists consider three key sites of the Roman world â Rome, Ostia and Pompeii. Chapters focus on physical space and\/or the use of those spaces to inter-relate these different approaches. The focus then moves t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"...The book offers an excellent collection of thought-provoking essays, each foregrounding firm perspectives on the study of space of antiquity. They illustrate robust ways to gauge the nucleation and evolution of ancient space in the Roman period.\"\u003c\/b\u003e - Bryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of figures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of contributors \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMethodological approaches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTopography between two worlds: William Gell and Antonio Nibby\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Wallace-Hadrill with Martin Millett\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome thoughts on current trends in the archaeology of urban contexts and rural landscapes in the Mediterranean world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStefano Campana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCities with optimal data: Rome, Ostia and Pompeii\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTopography and Classical Archaeology: Landscape biography \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaolo Carafa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSensory-spatial history at Ostia: The embodied space of street porticoes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeffrey D. Veitch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRethinking Relationships between Ostia and Portus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon Keay\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVisual communication in the streets of Pompeii\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnnette van Haug and Philipp Kobutsch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA key public space in the Roman city: The Forum\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArchaeologists in the Roman Forum\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDunia Filippi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorians in the Forum\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicholas Purcell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChildren and Public Space in Early Imperial Rome\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRay Laurence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTransformations of public space in the cities of Italy under the Principate: the case of the Forum\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Patterson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018873504087,"sku":"9781032161877","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032161877.jpg?v=1750778478","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rethinking-the-roman-city-9781032161877","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}