Urban Society In Roman Italy / / edited by Tim J. Cornell, Kathryn Lomas.

• TeilnehmendeR: Cornell, Tim J.,; Lomas, Kathryn,
• Place / Publishing House: London ; New York : : Taylor & Francis,, 1995.
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XII, 221 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

This collection of original essays focuses upon Roman Italy where, with over 400 cities, urbanization was at the very centre of Italian civilization. Informed by an awareness of the social and anthropological issues of recent research, these contributions explore not only questions of urban origins, interaction with the countryside and economic function, but also the social use of space within the city and the nature of the development process.; These studies are aimed not only at ancient historians and classical archaeologists, but are directed towards those working in the related fields of urban studies in the Mediterranean world and elsewhere and upon the general theory of towns and complex societies.

Table of Contents

1. Do theories of the ancient city matter? / C.R. Whittaker 2. The imits of the ancient city and the evolution of the medieval city in the thought of Max Weber / L. Capogrossi Colognesi 3. Public honour and private shame : the urban texture of Pompeii / Andrew Wallace-Hadrill 4. The organization of space in Pompeii / Ray Laurence 5. The insula of the paintings at Ostia 1.4.2-4 : paradigm for a city in flux / Janet DeLaine 6. Urban elites and cultural definition : romanization in southern Italy / Kathryn Lomas 7. Warfare and urbanization in Roman Italy / T.J. Cornell 8. Religion and rusticity / J.A. North 9. The Roman villa and the landscape of production / Nicholas Purcell 10. The idea of the city and the excavations at Pompeii / Martin Goalen 11. 'Slouching towards Rome' : Mussolini's imperial vision / Luisa Quartermaine.