The traffic systems of Pompeii
Introduction: Modern scholarship; the new myths of ancient traffic; the street surface and rut creation; vehicles, laws, and attitudes; control of urban streets; the shape of the book -- The development of Pompeii's urban street network -- Surfaces of the street -- Architecture of the street --...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2017
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: Modern scholarship; the new myths of ancient traffic; the street surface and rut creation; vehicles, laws, and attitudes; control of urban streets; the shape of the book -- The development of Pompeii's urban street network -- Surfaces of the street -- Architecture of the street -- Evidence of traffic -- The traffic systems of Pompeii -- World of the mulio -- Traffic in the Roman world -- Conclusion "This book is the first sustained examination of the development of road infrastructure in Pompeii--from the archaic age to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE--and its implications for urbanism in the Roman empire"--Provided by publisher |
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| Beschreibung: | xviii, 276 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9780190614676 978-0-19-061467-6 |