New cities in late antiquity: documents and archaeology

The foundation of new cities and towns is a particular aspect of urban history in Late Antiquity. Decades of archaeological work on sites like Iustiniana Prima, Dara, Rusafa, Androna and Zenobia provided ample material on specific cases, but we are still far from having a coherent picture of the bac...

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Published in:Bibliothèque de l'antiquité tardive
Corporate Author: New Cities in Late Antiquity, Veranstaltung 2013, Istanbul (Author)
Contributors: Rizos, Efthymios 1981- (Editor)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
French
German
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Published: Turnhout, Belgium Brepols [2017]
In: Bibliothèque de l'antiquité tardive (35)
Reviews:[Rezension von: Efthymios Rizos (Hrsg.), New cities in late antiquity. Documents and archaeology (BAT ; 35)] (2019) (Sartre, Maurice, 1944 -)
Series/Journal:Bibliothèque de l'antiquité tardive 35
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Late Antiquity / City / Founding
Further subjects:B Conference program
B Conference program 2013 (Istanbul)
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Summary:The foundation of new cities and towns is a particular aspect of urban history in Late Antiquity. Decades of archaeological work on sites like Iustiniana Prima, Dara, Rusafa, Androna and Zenobia provided ample material on specific cases, but we are still far from having a coherent picture of the background and impact of city foundations in Late Antiquity. Dictated by government decision or favoured by economic and demographic growth, newly-founded cities are witnesses of the realities, needs and ideals of urbanism in their own time and they provide a perspective which is quite different from the usual problems of transformation and decline of pre-existing Graeco-Roman cities. 00This volume, deriving from a workshop organized in Istanbul in November 2013, brings together studies by archaeologists working on sites that were founded or developed as urban centres during Late Antiquity (3rd to 7th century AD). On the base of case studies and synthetic approaches it is attempted to draw a comprehensive picture of the state of research and a theoretical discussion on the motives and characteristics of city-building and settlement development in Late Antiquity
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"This volume stems from a conference held in Istanbul von 9-10 November 2013 under the auspices of the Netherlands Institute in Turkey and the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute." - (Acknowledgements)
ISBN:2503555519
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1484/M.BAT-EB.5.107437