Statio Amoena: Sostare e Vivere Lungo le Strade Romane - Softcover

Enrico Zanini

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784914983 ISBN 13: 9781784914981

Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology, 2016

Synopsis

The Roman road system was the main service infrastructure for administrative management, economic operation and defense of the empire. Along with roads, a key element of this infrastructure were the resting places more or less directly linked with vehiculatio / cursus publicus, or with a system run or controlled by the state to ensure essential services (safe stop, supplies, maintenance of horses and other animals) to those traveling on behalf of the public administration. New archaeological research and new studies on a rich and diverse body of extra-archaeological sources have recently reported the attention of the international scientific community on the subject of parking places, within the more general theme of the smaller settlements in the Roman world and their evolution in late antiquity and early medieval times. This volume brings together contributions from scholars from three different generations, starting from different sources and methodological approaches, converging towards the construction of an area of common reflection on a theme still relatively underdeveloped. The goal is to lay the foundation for a deepening of the interdisciplinary debate and to develop new research projects.

Edition details

• Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784914983
• ISBN 13: 9781784914981
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Enrico Zanini, Patrizia Basso