The Urbanisation of the North-Western Provinces of the Roman Empire: A Juridical and Functional Approach to Town Life in Roman Gaul, Germania Inferior and Britain

by Frida Pellegrino

Overview

The Urbanisation of the North-Western Provinces of the Roman Empire investigates the development of urbanism in the north-western provinces of the Roman empire. Key themes include the continuities and discontinuities between pre-Roman and Roman 'urban' systems, the relationships between cities' juridical statuses and their levels of monumentality, levels of connectivity and economic integration as illuminated by the geographical distribution of cities and town-like settlements belonging to various size brackets, and the shapes and nature of regional urban hierarchies, as reconstructed on the basis of not only the administrative centres but - crucially - all places that fulfilled urban 'functions'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789697742
Publisher:	Archaeopress Publishing
Publication date:	11/26/2020
Series:	Archaeopress Roman Archaeology , #72
Pages:	314
Product dimensions:	8.03(w) x 11.42(h) x (d)

About the Author

Frida Pellegrino graduated with honours in 2008, after completing a BA course in Archaeology at the University of Padua. She then enrolled in the MA course at the University of Padua and spent a year abroad, studying at Southampton University (UK), with the Erasmus project. She graduated summa cum laude in 2011, specialising in Roman archaeology. She completed her Ph D at the University of Leiden in 2018.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction . The study of the urbanisation of the North-Western provinces
Chapter 1: Object and Aims
Chapter 2: The Dawn of Urbanism
Chapter 3: The Integration of the North-Western Provinces into the Roman Empire
Chapter 4: The Self-Governing Cities: Elements and Rhythms of Urbanisation
Chapter 5: The Secondary Agglomerations of Gaul
Chapter 6: The Secondary Agglomerations of Germania Inferior and Britannia
Conclusions
Summary
Appendix A: List of Civitates in the North-western Provinces and Their Juridical Status and Dating (either Date or Reign)
Appendix B: Assured Magistrates of the North-Western Provinces
Appendix C: The Settlements of the North-Western Provinces
Bibliography