Roman Urban Street Networks
| Author | : Alan Kaiser |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 263 |
| Release | : 2011-04-26 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781136760075 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1136760075 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (075 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Roman Urban Street Networks by : Alan Kaiser
Download or read book Roman Urban Street Networks written by Alan Kaiser and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how Roman perceptions of streets influenced their decisions about where to place urban buildings. Using textual evidence as well as the physical evidence from Pompeii, Ostia, Silchester, and Empúries, Alan Kaiser argues that ideals about the arrangement of space united the phenomenon of Roman urbanism.