˜Theœ 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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1. Verfasser: Poehler, Eric E. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2017
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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
Beschreibung:xviii, 276 Seiten
Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:9780190614676
978-0-19-061467-6