The traffic systems of Pompeii / Eric E. Poehler
"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
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017] |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | xviii, 276 Seiten; Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten; 24 cm |
Notes: | Literaturverzeichnis Seite 257-270 |
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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