The city in late antiquity

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The city in late antiquity

edited by John Rich

(Leicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society, v. 3)

Routledge, 1992

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographies and index

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ISBN 9780415068550

内容説明

The Roman Empire in its early centuries was a world of cities, dominated by landowning elites and conforming to a common pattern in their institutions, buildings and culture. What became of the cities after the crisis of the third century, and later when the Empire collapsed under outside pressure? In this volume archaeologists and historians bring together their two disciplines in addressing this complex question. In the introductory chapter the problem is disucssed as a whole, while the remaining chapters focus on particular aspects and regions. The classical city has often been portrayed as in decline everywhere by the fourth century. This book shows that this picture is too simple - that in some regions, such as Africa, old customs were still vigorous while elsewhere, for example in Britain, urban life disappeared and the cities survived only as fortresses, if at all. Particular attention is paid to the impact of the Christianization of the Empire on the cities. Many Roman towns survived through mediaeval times and up to the present day. The last two chapters examine the continuities between antiquity and the Middle Ages in the physical fabric and ideology of two very different cultures. This book should be of interest to those in the field of the classics.

目次

  • 1. The end of the ancient city Wolfgang Liebeschuetz
  • 2. The survival and fall of the classical city in late Roman Africa Claude Lepelley
  • 3. Christianity and the city in late Roman Gaul Jill Harries
  • 4. The use and abuse of urbanism in the Danubian provinces during the later Roman Empire Andrew Poulter
  • 5. The end of the city in Roman Britain Richard Reece
  • 6. 'Cities are not populated as once they were' PHilip Dixon
  • 7. Public buildings and urban change in northern Italy in the early mediaeval period Christina la Rocca
  • 8. Antioch: from Byzantium to Islam and back again Hugh Kennedy.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780415144315

内容説明

The city was the nexus of the Roman Empire in its early centuries. The City in Late Antiquity charts the change undergone by cities as the Empire was weakened by the third-century crisis, and later disintegrated under external pressures. The old picture of the classical city as everywhere in decline by the fourth century is shown to be far too simple, and John Rich seeks to explain why urban life disappeared in some regions, while elsewhere cities survived through to the Middle Ages and beyond.

目次

  • Contributors:Dr P.W. Dixon, University of Nottingham
  • Dr J.D. Harries, University of St. Andrews
  • Dr H. Kennedy, University of St. Andrews
  • Dr Christina La Rocca, Italy
  • Prof. Claude Lepelley, University of Paris
  • Prof. J.H.W.G. Liebeschuetz, FBA, University of Nottingham
  • Dr A.G. Poulter, University of Nottingham
  • Dr R.M. Reece, University College, London

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