| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 238 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: cities and their creators -- Buildings: types and functions -- Mycenae: the forerunners -- Athens and Piraeus -- Corinth -- Priene -- Alexandria -- Pergamon -- Thessalonike -- Cyrene -- Rome -- Pompeii -- Lepcis Magna -- Palmyra -- Epilogue: Constantinople |
| Summary |
Tomlinson presents studies of selected ancient cities, ranging from the earliest development of urban architecture in Europe to the imperial cities of Rome and Constantinople. It gives an account of their architecture, not merely from the art historical point of view, but as an expression of the social organisation, and political systems employed by the people who lived in them |
| Analysis |
Cities History |
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Greece |
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Roman Empire |
| Notes |
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cities and towns, Ancient.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Cities and towns, Ancient
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Historia antiga -- grecia (urbanizacao, urbanismo)
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Historia antiga -- roma (urbanizacao, urbanismo)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0415245966 |
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9780415245968 |
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0585447225 |
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9780585447223 |
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0203412907 |
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9780203412909 |
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6610322678 |
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9786610322671 |
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