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Author:   Ross Burns (Adjunct Profressor, Adjunct Profressor, Macquarie University, Sydney)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.876kg
ISBN:  

9780198784548

ISBN 10:   0198784546
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   08 June 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction PART A - ARCHITECTURAL TRADITIONS 1: The Hellenistic city in the Eastern context 2: Alexandria-'View Planning' Embraces the City 3: Greek and Roman Precedents in the Early Empire 4: Framework for the Development of Cities in the Early Years of the Roman presence PART B-EVOLUTION OF THE COLONNADED AXIS 5: Provincial Cities in the Early Empire 6: Urban Development in Practice-Client Kings 7: Urban Development in Practice-Province of Syria 8: Urban Development in Practice-Asia Minor and North Africa 9: The New Environment of the Early Second Century 10: The Colonnaded Axis Reaches its Peak 11: Antonines and Severans-End of User Pays? 12: A Singular Experiment Conclusion-Seeing the City as a Whole Appendix 1-Results of the American-French Excavations in Antioch Appendix 2-Table of Roman-era Cities and Colonnaded Streets Discussed

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.. .the book provides an overview of an abundance of sites with colonnaded streets and supplements each with a robust bibliography. It is clear that the author's knowledge of these sites comes from his deep personal experience with the region and his time spent in it. The primary value of this book lies in its readiness to look outside the Bay of Naples for the importance of Roman streets in urban life. --Benjamin Crowther, Byrn Mawr Classical Review .. .Ross Burns gives us an interesting piece of work that will undoubtedly delight the unfamiliar French-speaking readers of the work of Catherine Saliou, Jean Charles Balty and Jacques Seigne, to name but three of the essential contributors to this exciting debate. --Laurent THOLBECQ, L'Antiquit� Classique

.. .Ross Burns gives us an interesting piece of work that will undoubtedly delight the unfamiliar French-speaking readers of the work of Catherine Saliou, Jean Charles Balty and Jacques Seigne, to name but three of the essential contributors to this exciting debate. --Laurent THOLBECQ, L'Antiquite Classique

.. .the book provides an overview of an abundance of sites with colonnaded streets and supplements each with a robust bibliography. It is clear that the author's knowledge of these sites comes from his deep personal experience with the region and his time spent in it. The primary value of this book lies in its readiness to look outside the Bay of Naples for the importance of Roman streets in urban life. --Benjamin Crowther, Byrn Mawr Classical Review .. .Ross Burns gives us an interesting piece of work that will undoubtedly delight the unfamiliar French-speaking readers of the work of Catherine Saliou, Jean Charles Balty and Jacques Seigne, to name but three of the essential contributors to this exciting debate. --Laurent THOLBECQ, L'Antiquit Classique

Author Information

Ross Burns is Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University, Sydney. He graduated in History and Archaeology from Sydney University, 1966 and spent 37 years in the Australian Foreign Service including posts as Ambassador in the Middle East, South Africa and Greece. Since 2003, he hascompleted a PhD at Macquarie University in Sydney (2009) and authored several books on the history of Syria- Monuments of Syria (1992, 1999, 2009), Damascus, A History (2005), Aleppo, A History (2016).

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