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In this book Paul Arthur provides an important new synthesis of the archaeology and history of the Italian city of Naples, from the late Roman to the early Medieval period. Arthur considers the standard criteria for the definition of the Roman and the Medieval 'town' in order to demonstrate how Naples maintained the characteristics of an urban settlement through the so-called Dark Ages, and how this put it in a position to participate in the regeneration of Mediterranean trade at the beginning of the Medieval period. He looks at the evidence for public and private contributions to the changing physical environment of Naples, including the harbour facilities, defences, street plans, public buildings, the water supply, private houses and gardens, and cemeteries. He considers the role of the Christian Church in the ongoing development of the city, looking at the organization and layout of churches, monasteries and convents, and their relationship to earlier pagan buildings. He examines evidence for rural settlement, agricultural activity and urban manufacturing in the low years of the post-Roman period, and Naples' strategic position vis-a-vis important maritime trade routes at the be

Author

Arthur, Paul (Paul R.); British School at Rome; Università degli studi di Lecce. Dipartimento di beni culturali

Publisher

Published by the British School at Rome, London in association with the Dipartimento di Beni Culturali, Università degli Studi di Lecce; British School at Rome

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780904152388

Subjects

History, Sociology, Anthropology