LEADER 03412nam 2200505 450 001 9910793247403321 005 20220112150618.0 010 $a1-4773-1723-6 024 7 $a10.7560/317228 035 $a(CKB)4100000007211121 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5613329 035 $a(DE-B1597)587426 035 $a(OCoLC)1269268670 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781477317235 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007211121 100 $a20190102d2019 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aUrbanism and empire in Roman Sicily /$fLaura Pfuntner 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAustin :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (317 pages) 311 $a1-4773-1722-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aUrban abandonment in the late Republic and early Principate (CA. 50 BC-AD 50) -- Urban abandonment in the high Empire (CA. AD 50-250) -- The southwestern coast : economic integration, political privilege, and urban survival -- The northeastern coast : civil war and colonization -- Eastern Sicily : from Syracusan to Roman hegemony -- Roman urbanism in Sicily -- New forms of settlement in Roman imperial Sicily. 330 $aSicily has been the fulcrum of the Mediterranean throughout history. The island?s central geographical position and its status as ancient Rome?s first overseas province make it key to understanding the development of the Roman Empire. Yet Sicily?s crucial role in the empire has been largely overlooked by scholars of classical antiquity, apart from a small number of specialists in its archaeology and material culture. Urbanism and Empire in Roman Sicily offers the first comprehensive English-language overview of the history and archaeology of Roman Sicily since R. J. A. Wilson?s Sicily under the Roman Empire (1990). Laura Pfuntner traces the development of cities and settlement networks in Sicily in order to understand the island?s political, economic, social, and cultural role in Rome?s evolving Mediterranean hegemony. She identifies and examines three main processes traceable in the archaeological record of settlement in Roman Sicily: urban disintegration, urban adaptation, and the development of alternatives to urban settlement. By expanding the scope of research on Roman Sicily beyond the bounds of the island itself, through comparative analysis of the settlement landscapes of Greece and southern Italy, and by utilizing exciting evidence from recent excavations and surveys, Pfuntner establishes a new empirical foundation for research on Roman Sicily and demonstrates the necessity of including Sicily in broader historical and archaeological studies of the Roman Empire. 606 $aUrbanization$zItaly$zSicily$xHistory 606 $aCities and towns$zItaly$zSicily$xHistory 607 $aSicily (Italy)$xAntiquities 607 $aSicily (Italy)$xHistory$yTo 800 607 $aRome$xTerritorial expansion 615 0$aUrbanization$xHistory. 615 0$aCities and towns$xHistory. 676 $a937/.8 700 $aPfuntner$b Laura$0766375 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793247403321 996 $aUrbanism and empire in roman Sicily$91559070 997 $aUNINA