Contents
List of fi gures viii
List of tables xviii
List of contributors xix
Acknowledgements xxi
Abbreviations xxii
PART I
Introducing the themes 1
1 Introduction: space, movement and the economy
in Roman cities 3
A R JA N Z U I D E R H O E K A N D F R A N K V E R M E U L E N
2 Economic space and movement between Roman towns,
their suburbia and territories: the regional perspective 13
F R A N K V E R M E U L E N
PART II
Spaces 37
3 Beyond Pompeii and Ostia: commerce and urban
space in Roman Italy 39
M I KO F LO H R
4 Market buildings in Asia Minor: old assumptions
and new starting points 68
D O R I E N L E D E R - S LOT M A N
5 Do economic activities impinge on Roman urban matrices
in Asia Minor? A new style/ function debate 87
J E RO E N P O B LO M E A N D R I N S E W I L L E T
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6 Elites and economic space in Roman Imperial Asia Minor 116
A R JA N Z U I D E R H O E K
7 Making space for commerce in Roman Britain: re- evaluating the nature and impact of the forum/ basilica
complex 130
C H R I S T O P H E R P. D I C K E N S O N
8 The Roman colony of Sena Gallica: urban space
and economic activities 158
G I U S E P P E L E P O R E A N D M I C H E L E S I L A N I
9 Aquileia’s market spaces 180
PAT R I Z I A BA S S O
PART III
Movement 201
10 Finding your way towards the Macellum : the spatial
organization of a Roman type of market building 203
A D E L I N E H O F F E L I N C K
11 How open was the Roman city? Movement and
impediments to movement in the street system 225
A N D R E W WA L L AC E - H A D R I L L
12 Transport and trade: an energy expenditure approach for the distribution of marble in Central Adriatic
Italy in Roman times 240
D E V I TA E L M A N
13 “This mule will ruin me”: the economy of mobility
in Roman towns 263
C R I S T I NA C O R S I
14 Munigua’s place in the operational chain: some considerations regarding the movement of people and goods and the division of labour in the lower
Guadalquivir Valley during the Roman period 286
T H O M A S G. S C H AT T N E R
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S I M O N M A L M B E RG
16 Space, accessibility and movement through the
Portus Romae 373
S I M O N K E AY, P E T E R C A M P B E L L , K AT H E R I N E C R AW F O R D A N D M A R I A D E L C A R M E N M O R E N O E S C O BA R
PART IV
Conclusion 417
The economics of space and mobility in Roman urbanism 419
F R A N K V E R M E U L E N A N D A R JA N Z U I D E R H O E K
Index 426
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