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Rethinking the Roman City: The Spatial Turn and the Archaeology of Roman Italy

Rethinking the Roman City: The Spatial Turn and the Archaeology of Roman Italy

Filippi, Dunia

Paperback

Series: Studies in Roman Space and Urbanism

Ancient Rome

ISBN10: 1032161876
ISBN13: 9781032161877
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jan 29 2024
Pages: 252
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The spatial turn has brought forward new analytical imperatives about the importance of space in the relationship between physical and social networks of meaning. This volume explores this in relation to approaches and methodologies in the study of urban space in Roman Italy.

As a consequence of these new imperatives, sociological studies on ancient Roman cities are flourishing, demonstrating a new set of approaches that have developed separately from traditional historical and topographical analyses. Rethinking the Roman City represents a convergence of these different approaches to propose a new interpretive model, looking at the Roman city and one of its key elements: the forum. After an introductory discussion of methodological issues, internationally-know specialists consider three key sites of the Roman world - Rome, Ostia and Pompeii. Chapters focus on physical space and/or the use of those spaces to inter-relate these different approaches. The focus then moves to the Forum Romanum, considering the possible analytical trajectories available (historical, topographical, literary, comparative and sociological), and the diversity of possible perspectives within each of these, moving towards an innovative understanding of the role of the forum within the Roman city.

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