The Roads of the Romans
Author: Romolo Augusto Staccioli
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780892367320
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Author: Romolo Augusto Staccioli
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780892367320
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Author: Urquhart Atwell Forbes
Publisher:
Published: 1904
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: M.C. Bishop
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2014-02-28
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1473837472
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →There have been many books on Britain's Roman roads, but none have considered in any depth their long-term strategic impact. Mike Bishop shows how the road network was vital not only in the Roman strategy of conquest and occupation, but influenced the course of British military history during subsequent ages. The author starts with the pre-Roman origins of the network (many Roman roads being built over prehistoric routes) before describing how the Roman army built, developed, maintained and used it. Then, uniquely, he moves on to the post-Roman history of the roads. He shows how they were crucial to medieval military history (try to find a medieval battle that is not near one) and the governance of the realm, fixing the itinerary of the royal progresses. Their legacy is still clear in the building of 18th century military roads and even in the development of the modern road network. Why have some parts of the network remained in use throughout?The text is supported with clear maps and photographs. Most books on Roman roads are concerned with cataloguing or tracing them, or just dealing with aspects like surveying. This one makes them part of military landscape archaeology.
Author: Ray Laurence
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-01-31
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 1136823875
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Author: Urquhart A. Forbes
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2015-06-16
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781330114094
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Our Roman Highways In the present work the Roman highway system in Britain has been treated from a historical rather than a purely archaeological and topographical point of view, and the authors have therefore abstained from attempting any detailed examination of the course followed by the great lines of road with their numerous ramifications - a task which would have exceeded the limits of their work, and which has, moreover, been recently very thoroughly and ably performed by Mr. T. Codrington, M. I. C. E., F. G. S., in his 'Roman Roads in Britain.' Similar exigencies of space have also obliged them to considerably curtail their notice of the towns, villas, and other monuments of the Roman occupation, and also to compress into a single chapter their review of the long period occupied by the gradual conversion of the remains of the old Roman road system into that now existing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Callihan Wesley
Publisher:
Published: 2014-12-15
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780989702867
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Anne Kolb
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2019-07-22
Total Pages: 582
ISBN-13: 311063631X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume aims to present the current state of research on Roman roads and their foundations in a combined historical and archaeological perspective. The focus is on the diverse local histories and the varying degrees of significance of individual roads and regional networks, which are treated here for the most important regions of the empire and beyond. The assembled contributions will be of interest to historians, archaeologists and epigraphers, since they tackle matters as diverse as the technical modalities of road-building, the choice of route, but also the functionality and the motives behind the creation of roads. Roman roads are further intimately related to various important aspects of Roman history, politics and culture. After all, such logistical arteries form the basis of all communication and exchange processes, enabling not only military conquest and security but also facilitating the creation of an organized state as well as trade, food supply and cultural exchange. The study of Roman roads must always be based on a combination of written and archaeological sources in order to take into account both their concrete geographical location and their respective spatial, cultural, and historical context.
Author: Robert A. Kaster
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012-04-23
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 0226425711
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Describes travel down the Appian Way while analyzing the meaning of the road in modern and ancient context.