Building Mid-Republican Rome : labor, architecture, and the urban economy / Seth Bernard
- Author:
- Bernard, Seth (Classicist)
- Published:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
- Access Online:
- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: Building as Historical Process -- 2.Materials and Supply -- 3.Rome from the Sack of Veii to the Gallic Sack -- 4.A Cost Analysis of the Republican Circuit Walls -- 5.The Nobilitas and Economic Innovation: Censors, Coinage, and Contracts -- 6.The Labor Supply of Mid-Republican Rome -- 7.Technological Change in Roman Stonemasonry before Concrete -- 8.Conclusion.
- Summary:
- 'Building Mid-Republican Rome' treats the development of the Mid-Republican city from 396 to 168 BCE. As Romans established imperial control over Italy and beyond, the city itself radically transformed into the center of the Mediterranean world. The text describes profound changes in terms of new urban architecture and new socioeconomic structures and argues that such developments were in fact closely linked: building Mid-Republican Rome was highly costly, and meeting such costs had significant implications for the structures and institutions of urban society.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780190878818 (ebook)
- Audience Notes:
- Specialized.
- Note:
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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