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City and country in the ancient world

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This volume of papers by influential historians and archaeologists explores the city-country relationship in the ancient Greco-Roman world and its impact on social, political, economic and cultural conditions in classical antiquity.

Title City and country in the ancient world / edited by John Rich and Andrew Wallace-Hadrill.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher London
New York : Routledge
Creation Date 1991
Notes Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content chapter 1 Archaeology and the study of the Greek city / A.M.SNODGRASS -- chapter 2 The early polis as city and state / IAN MORRIS -- chapter 3 Modelling settlement structures in Ancient Greece: new approaches to the polis / T.E.RIHLL AND A.G.WILSON -- chapter 4 Surveys, cities and synoecism / W.G.CAVANAGH -- part 5 Pride and prejudice, sense and subsistence: exchange and society in the Greek city / ROBIN OSBORNE -- chapter Acknowledgements -- chapter Introduction -- chapter Samnium -- chapter Lycia -- chapter Conclusions -- chapter Acknowledgements -- chapter 7 Roman towns and their territories: an archaeological perspective / MARTIN MILLETT -- chapter 8 Towns and territories in southern Etruria / T.W.POTTER -- chapter 9 City, territory and taxation / MIREILLE CORBIER -- chapter 10 Elites and trade in the Roman town -- chapter 11 Spatial organisation and social change in Roman towns -- chapter List of Contributors.
Series Leicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society
v. 2
Extent xviii, 305 p. : ill.
Language English
National Library system number 997010712505405171
MARC RECORDS

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