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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820361503321

Titolo

City and country in the ancient world / / edited by John Rich and Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1991

ISBN

1-134-89127-X

1-134-89128-8

1-138-41101-9

0-203-41870-0

1-280-10620-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 305 p. : ill

Collana

Leicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society ; ; v. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

RichJohn <1944->

Wallace-HadrillAndrew

Disciplina

307.0938

Soggetti

Cities and towns, Ancient - Greece

Cities and towns - Rome

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 Archaeology and the study of the Greek city / A.M.SNODGRASS -- chapter 2 The early polis as city and state / IAN MORRIS -- chapter 3 Modelling settlement structures in Ancient Greece: new approaches to the polis / T.E.RIHLL AND A.G.WILSON -- chapter 4 Surveys, cities and synoecism / W.G.CAVANAGH -- part 5 Pride and prejudice, sense and subsistence: exchange and society in the Greek city / ROBIN OSBORNE -- chapter Acknowledgements -- chapter Introduction -- chapter Samnium -- chapter Lycia -- chapter Conclusions -- chapter Acknowledgements -- chapter 7 Roman towns and their territories: an archaeological perspective / MARTIN MILLETT -- chapter 8 Towns and territories in southern Etruria / T.W.POTTER -- chapter 9 City, territory and taxation / MIREILLE CORBIER -- chapter 10 Elites and trade in the Roman town -- chapter 11 Spatial organisation and social change in Roman towns -- chapter List of Contributors.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume of papers by influential historians and archaeologists explores the city-country relationship in the ancient Greco-Roman world and its impact on social, political, economic and cultural



conditions in classical antiquity.