The ancient Roman city / John E. Stambaugh.
A synthesis of recent work in archaeology and social history, drawing on physical, literary, and documentary sources.
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
[1988]
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Table of Contents:
- The growth of Rome. Earliest Rome ; Expansion under the Republic ; The Late Republic, 146-144 B.C. ; The Augustan city ; Rome under the emperors
- Urban life in Rome. Population ; City government ; Services, public and private ; The commercial city ; Households and housing ; City and suburbs ; Social life in the city ; The city and the gods ; Roman holidays
- Patterns of Roman urbanism. The theory and practice of building towns ; Cosa ; Pompeii ; Ostia ; Arelate (Arles) ; Thamugadi (Timgad).