The Geography of Urbanism in Roman Asia Minor - Rinse Willet

The Geography of Urbanism in Roman Asia Minor - Rinse Willet

Preface

The Geography of Urbanism in Roman Asia Minor - Rinse Willet

Rinse Willet [+-]
University of Leuven
Dr. Rinse Willet is an archaeologist at the University of Leuven.

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The Geography of Urbanism in Roman Asia Minor investigates how Roman urbanism manifested itself in Asia Minor during the first three centuries CE, particularly with regards to its spatial patterning over the landscape and the administrative, economic and cultural functions cities fulfilled, and how cities developed in terms of size and monumentality. It also addresses to what extent this was a result of political and socio-cultural and economic context and to what extent ‘structural determinants’, such as the physical topography, agricultural potential and climate (including the shifts/changes therein) influenced the observed patterns. As Asia Minor was already dotted by cities long before the Romans got a hold on this area during the second century BCE, this work compares urbanism of the first three centuries CE with the patterns of cities during the first millennium BCE (Classical and Hellenistic period particularly) and the Byzantine and Ottoman patterns, creating a long term perspective. The book contains an appendix with the information for the 500 cities and 1000 villages in Asia Minor.

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Willet, Rinse. Preface. The Geography of Urbanism in Roman Asia Minor. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. vii-ix Jan 2020. ISBN 9781781798430. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=40547. Date accessed: 07 Oct 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.40547. Jan 2020

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