TY  - GEN
T1  - Urbanism and empire in Roman Sicily
T2  - Ashley and Peter Larkin series in Greek and Roman culture.
A1  - Pfuntner, Laura
LA  - English
PP  - Austin
PB  - University of Texas Press
YR  - 2019
ED  - First edition.
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1162456402
AB  - Sicily has been the fulcrum of the Mediterranean throughout history. The island?s central geographical position and its status as ancient Rome?s first overseas province make it key to understanding the development of the Roman Empire. Yet Sicily?s crucial role in the empire has been largely overlooked by scholars of classical antiquity, apart from a small number of specialists in its archaeology and material culture. Urbanism and Empire in Roman Sicily offers the first comprehensive English-language overview of the history and archaeology of Roman Sicily since R. J. A. Wilson?s Sicily under the Roman Empire (1990). Laura Pfuntner traces the development of cities and settlement networks in Sicily in order to understand the island?s political, economic, social, and cultural role in Rome?s evolving Mediterranean hegemony. She identifies and examines three main processes traceable in the archaeological record of settlement in Roman Sicily: urban disintegration, urban adaptation, and the development of alternatives to urban settlement. By expanding the scope of research on Roman Sicily beyond the bounds of the island itself, through comparative analysis of the settlement landscapes of Greece and southern Italy, and by utilizing exciting evidence from recent excavations and surveys, Pfuntner establishes a new empirical foundation for research on Roman Sicily and demonstrates the necessity of including Sicily in broader historical and archaeological studies of the Roman Empire.
OP  - 317
CN  - DG55.S5 .P486 2019
SN  - 1477317236
SN  - 9781477317235
SN  - 9781477317242
SN  - 1477317244
SN  - 9781477317228
SN  - 1477317228
KW  - Urbanization : Italy : Sicily : History.
KW  - Cities and towns : Italy : Sicily : History.
KW  - Sicily (Italy) : Antiquities.
KW  - Sicily (Italy) : History : To 800.
KW  - Rome : Territorial expansion.
KW  - Urbanisation : Italie : Sicile : Histoire.
KW  - Sicile (Italie) : Histoire : Jusqu'à 800.
KW  - Villes : Italie : Sicile : Histoire.
KW  - HISTORY : Ancient : Rome.
KW  - HISTORY / Ancient / Rome
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - Cities and towns
KW  - Territorial expansion
KW  - Urbanization
KW  - Italy : Sicily
KW  - Rome (Empire)
KW  - To 800
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - History
ER  -