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Building Mid-Republican Rome' offers a holistic treatment of the development of the Mid-Republican city from 396 to 168 BCE. As Romans established imperial control over Italy and beyond, the city itself radically transformed from an ambitious central Italian settlement into the capital of the Mediterranean world. Seth Bernard describes this transformation in terms of both new urban architecture, much of it unprecedented in form and extent, and new socioeconomic structures, including slavery, coinage, and market-exchange. These physical and historical developments were closely linked: building the Republican city was expensive, and meeting such costs had significant implications for urban society. Building Mid-Republican Rome brings both architectural and socioeconomic developments into a single account of urban change.

Urbanization --- History. --- Rome --- Economic conditions --- Economic history. --- Stadtentwicklung. --- Stadtwirtschaft. --- Städtebau. --- Urbanization. --- Verstädterung. --- History --- 30 B.C.-476 A.D. --- Rom. --- Rome (Empire). --- Rome (Empire) --- Urbanization - Rome - History --- Rome - Economic conditions - 30 B.C.-476 A.D.

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Ancient Rome was one of the greatest cities of the pre-industrial era. Like other such great cities, it has often been deemed parasitic, a drain on the resources of the society that supported it. Rome's huge population was maintained not by trade or manufacture but by the taxes and rents of the empire. It was the archetypal 'consumer city'. However, such a label does not do full justice to the impact of the city on its hinterland. This book examines the historiography of the consumer city model and reappraises the relationship between Rome and Italy. Drawing on archaeological work and comparative evidence, the author shows how the growth of the city can be seen as the major influence on the development of the Italian economy in this period as its demands for food and migrants promoted changes in agriculture, marketing systems and urbanisation throughout the peninsula.

Agriculture --- Urbanization --- Economic aspects --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Cities and towns, Movement to --- Urban development --- Urban systems --- Cities and towns --- Social history --- Sociology, Rural --- Sociology, Urban --- Urban policy --- Rural-urban migration --- Italy --- Rome --- Economic conditions. --- Social conditions. --- Economics --- Economic conditions --- Social conditions --- 510-30 B.C. --- Rome - Economic conditions - 510-530 B.C. --- Italy - Social conditions. --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Agriculture - Economic aspects - Rome. --- Urbanization - Rome.

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The first two centuries AD are conventionally thought of as the "golden age" of the Roman Empire, yet Italy in this period has often been seen as being in a state of decline and even crisis. This book investigates the relationships between city and countryside in Italy in the early Empire, using evidence from literary texts and inscriptions, and the wealth of data derived from archaeological field surveys over recent years. Looking at individual towns and regions as well as at the broader picture, and stressing the diversity of situations across Italy, John R. Patterson examines how changing patterns of building and benefaction in the cities were related to developments in the country, and underlines the resourcefulness of the cities, both large and small, in seeking to maintain and develop their civic traditions.

Cities and towns, Ancient --- Cities and towns --- Land settlement --- Urbanization --- Villes antiques --- Villes --- Colonisation intérieure --- Urbanisation --- History. --- History --- Histoire --- Rome --- Italy --- Italie --- Social conditions. --- Antiquities, Roman. --- Conditions sociales --- Antiquités romaines --- Social conditions --- Antiquities, Roman --- 307.76093 --- 937.06 --- Social sciences Urban communities Ancient world --- History Ancient world Italy 31 B.C. - 476 A.D. --- Colonisation intérieure --- Antiquités romaines --- Cities and towns, Movement to --- Urban development --- Urban systems --- Social history --- Sociology, Rural --- Sociology, Urban --- Urban policy --- Rural-urban migration --- Resettlement --- Settlement of land --- Colonies --- Land use, Rural --- Human settlements --- Geography, Ancient --- History Ancient world Italy 31 B.C. - 476 A.D --- Cities and towns, Ancient - Italy, Central --- Cities and towns, Ancient - Italy, Southern --- Cities and towns, Ancient - Rome --- Land settlement - Italy, Central - History --- Land settlement - Italy, Southern - History --- Urbanization - Rome --- Rome - History - Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D --- Rome - Social conditions --- Italy - Antiquities, Roman