The ancient Roman city

Johns Hopkins University Press

1988

xviii, 395 p.

Ancient society and history

Includes index. Bibliography: p. 323-376

9780801835742

The growth of Rome. Earliest Rome ; Expansion under the Republic ; The Late Republic, 146-144 B.C. ; The Augustan city ; Rome under the emperors -- Urban life in Rome. Population ; City government ; Services, public and private ; The commercial city ; Households and housing ; City and suburbs ; Social life in the city ; The city and the gods ; Roman holidays -- Patterns of Roman urbanism. The theory and practice of building towns ; Cosa ; Pompeii ; Ostia ; Arelate (Arles) ; Thamugadi (Timgad

A synthesis of recent work in archaeology and social history, drawing on physical, literary, and documentary sources

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