ISBN:
9781000348552
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (481 pages)
Series Statement:
Studies in Roman Space and Urbanism Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Houten, Pieter Hubert Antoine, 1984 - Urbanisation in Roman Spain and Portugal
DDC:
307.760946
Keywords:
Urbanization-Spain-History
;
Electronic books
;
Stadtsoziologie
;
Iberische Halbinsel
;
Römisches Reich
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 1 The ancient city on the Iberian Peninsula -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Debating the ancient city -- 1.3 Self-governing communities -- 1.4 Settlements with urban functions -- 1.5 Demographic definition -- 1.6 Defining the city -- 2 The origins of urbanisation on the Iberian Peninsula -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Geography of Hispania -- 2.3 Urban development in pre-Roman Hispania -- 2.4 Roman conquest and early Roman urbanism -- 3 Self-governing civitates in the Early Empire -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Literary sources -- 3.3 Epigraphy -- 3.4 Civitates Hispaniae -- 3.5 Dispersed civitas -- 3.6 Garrison settlements -- 3.7 Universa Hispania -- 4 Secondary agglomerations and urban functions -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Secondary agglomerations -- 4.3 Subordinate settlements in ancient sources -- 4.4 Functions of secondary agglomerations -- 4.5 Network analysis of the settlement system of the Hispaniae -- 5 Monuments for urban lifestyle -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Monumental cities -- 5.3 Privileged communities and monumentality -- 5.4 Connectivity -- 6 Quantifying the urban network -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 City sizes -- 6.3 Rank-size analysis -- 6.4 Geographical distribution of large and small cities -- 6.5 Geographical overview and the problem of missing sites -- Conclusions -- Appendix I: self-governing cities alphabetically -- Appendix II: self-governing communities with evidence table -- Bibliography -- Index.
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