Law and Power : : Agents of Social and Spatial Transformation in the Roman West / / Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz.

"In the Roman world, landscapes became legal and institutional constructions, being the core of social, political, religious, and economic life. The Romans developed ambitious urban transformations, seeking to equate civic monumentality and legal status. The built environment becomes the axis o...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden : : Brill Academic Publishers,, 2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Impact of Empire Series
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages).
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Summary:"In the Roman world, landscapes became legal and institutional constructions, being the core of social, political, religious, and economic life. The Romans developed ambitious urban transformations, seeking to equate civic monumentality and legal status. The built environment becomes the axis of the legal, administrative, sacred, and economic system and the main element of dissemination of imperial ideology. This volume follows the modern trend of a multifaceted, composite, multi-layered Roman world, but at the same time reduces its complexity. It views 'Roman' not only in the sense of power politics, but also in a cultural context. It highlights 'landscapes' and puts into the shadow important administrative and legal structures, i.e., individuals viz. local and imperial members of the elites living in cities, which ran the Roman world"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:9004685731
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz.