{"product_id":"9781032586267-cities-territories-of-the-western-roma","title":"Cities and Territories of the Western Roman Empire","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4th Century BC to the 3rd Century AD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book showcases the unique shape of urban development that spread out from the Mediterranean across Europe during the Roman Empire, offering a fresh perspective on the cities and territories of the Roman West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book showcases the unique shape of urban development that took hold during the Roman Empire, beginning in the Mediterranean basin before spreading out across Europe, and offers a fresh perspective on the cities and territories of the Roman West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the expansion of Rome came a particular form of social organisation: the Roman city. This book provides a basic introduction to Roman cities, not through the lens of architecture and urbanism, but from a social, legal, cultural, spatial, and functional perspective. It focuses on the Roman \u003ci\u003ecivitas \u003c\/i\u003e– the city and its territory – as the spatial model \u003ci\u003epar excellence \u003c\/i\u003eof Roman colonialism and expansion. Exploring primarily the cities and territories of the Western Empire, such as the Iberian Peninsula, Gaul, and Britain, González-Villaescusa revives from their ruins those central places that facilitated the circulation of people, goods, and information, forming the large urban network of a unified imperial territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCities and Territories of the Western Roman Empire: 4th Century \u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003eBC \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003eto the 3rd Century AD \u003c\/em\u003eis suitable for school and university students, as well as the general reader interested in the subject of Roman cities in the Western Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41687785668705,"sku":"9781032586267","price":22.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28233480.jpg?v=1760341588","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781032586267-cities-territories-of-the-western-roma","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}