Ancient Naples : a documentary history, origins to c350 CE / / Rabun M. Taylor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910806889903321
• Autore: Taylor Rabun M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York ; ; Bristol : , : Italica Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• ISBN: 1-59910-407-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (470 pages)
• Collana: A Documentary History of Naples
• Disciplina: 937.7251
• Soggetti: Greeks - Italy - Naples; Naples (Italy) Civilization; Naples (Italy) History To 1503
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Naples' geography -- Naples' Greek history -- Neapolitan coinage -- The Roman period -- The Roman Imperial period -- Roman topography -- The culture of water -- A haven of Hellenism -- The Third century and the age of Constantine.
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on historical, literary, and archaeological sources, this volume provides a cultural, economic, material, and political history of the city of Naples, Italy from its beginnings as a Greek settlement in the eighth century BCE to the reign of the emperor Constantine in the fourth century CE.