The traffic systems of Pompeii / Eric E. Poehler

• VerfasserIn: Poehler, Eric E. ca. 20./21. Jh.
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xviii, 276 Seiten; Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten; 24 cm
• Notes: Literaturverzeichnis Seite 257-270

"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

Table of Contents

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