City and Country in the Ancient World

by John Rich (Editor)

Overview

The ancient Greco-Roman world was a world of citie, in a distinctive sense of communities in which countryside was dominated by urban centre.This volume of papers written by influential archaeologists and historians seeks to bring together the two disciplines in exploring the city-country relationship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138411012
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/28/2017
Series:	Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Rich is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Nottingham. Archaeology in the University of Cambridge. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill is Professor of Classics at the University of Reading.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction1. Archaeology and the study of the Greek city 2. The early polis as city and state 3. Modelling settlement structures in Ancient Greece: new approaches to the polis 4. Surveys, cities and synoecism 5. Pride and prejudice, sense and subsistence: exchange and society in the Greek city 6. Settlement, city and elite in Samnium and Lycia 7. Roman towns and their territories: an archaeological perspective 8. Towns and territories in Southern Etruria 9. City, territory and taxation 10. Elites and trade in the Roman town 11. Spatial organisation and social change in Roman towns

Editorial Reviews

'... an invaluable summary of current research/opinions on the topic' – JACT Review

From the Publisher

Papers from a series of seminars and conferences sponsored by the classics departments of Leicester and Nottingham Universities, 1986-88. Archaeologists and ancient historians discuss selected topics, rather than providing complete chronological or geographical coverage. The topics include research methods as well as studies of particular Greek and Roman areas, politics, trade, taxation, social change, and others. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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