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The Roads of Roman Italy 1st Edition
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The Roads of Roman Italy offers a complete re-evaluation of both the evidence and the interpretation of Roman land transport. The book utilises archaeological, epigraphic and literary evidence for Roman communications, drawing on recent approaches to the human landscape developed by geographers. Among the topics considered are:
* the relationship between the road and the human landscape
* the administration and maintenance of the road system
* the role of roads as imperial monuments
* the economics of road construction and urban development.
- ISBN-100415620066
- ISBN-13978-0415620062
- Edition1st
- Publication dateFebruary 7, 2011
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6.14 x 0.54 x 9.21 inches
- Print length236 pages
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- Publisher : Routledge; 1st edition (February 7, 2011)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 236 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0415620066
- ISBN-13 : 978-0415620062
- Item Weight : 15.5 ounces
- Dimensions : 6.14 x 0.54 x 9.21 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #6,351,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #4,168 in Ancient History (Books)
- #8,312 in Ancient Roman History (Books)
- #51,177 in Transportation (Books)
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Ray Laurence is Professor of Ancient History at Macquarie University (Sydney - Australia). He has previously taught at the Universities of Reading, Birmingham and Kent in the England.
He has throughout his career (first book published in 1994) advocated that Roman history and archaeology are two means to the past that need to be studied together.
Much of his work features an engagement with contemporary thinking from a range of disciplines that are involve the study of urban space, ageing and the life course, and the study of everyday life in the Roman Empire.
Moving to Australia in 2017, Ray has been struck by the sheer scale of Ancient History in Australia with over 10,000 students taking Higher Schools Certificate (HSC) in the subject, and substantial numbers enrolled at University - actually far higher than in the UK.
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I also appreciate his speculation, such as on what kinds of stone were used for paving; he makes it clear this is not well known, lists sources, lobs a few tsk-tsk notes at sources which he thinks are overly confident, and plays it scrupulously honest.
There are milestone tables for various roads, showing how to read them to get distances and where to change roads for journeys, much like railroad timetables.
I suppose one downside is that the black and white pictures are not the clearest, kind of faded or muddy. But you can google and find better pictures and more variety, so this is not very much of a drawback.
Overall, I doubt there are any books with a better general purpose overview of Roman roads. I wish I hadn't let this languish on my to-read shelf for so long.