BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; LIST OF PLATES, FIGURES AND TABLES; ILLUSTRATIONS: SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; 1 EXPLORING THE EDGES OF A ROMAN CITY; 2 THE URBAN PERIPHERY IN ROMAN THOUGHT; 3 THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE URBAN PERIPHERY; 4 GAUL IN THE HIGH EMPIRE: ADMINISTRATIVE CITIES; 5 GAUL IN THE HIGH EMPIRE: SECONDARY AGGLOMERATIONS; 6 GAUL IN LATE ANTIQUITY; 7 SOME WIDER QUESTIONS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary
The only monograph available on the subject, this book presents archaeological and literary evidence to provide students with a full and detailed treatment of the little-investigated aspect of Roman urbanism - the phenomenon of suburban development