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The construction of urban defences was one of the hallmarks of the late Roman and late-antique periods (300–600 AD) throughout the western and eastern empire. City walls were the most significant construction projects of their time and they redefined the urban landscape. Their appearance and monumental scale, as well as the cost of labour and material, are easily comparable to projects from the High Empire; however, urban circuits provided late-antique towns with a new means of self-representati

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Author

Emanuele Intagliata (editor), Christopher Courault (editor), Simon J. Barker (editor)

Publisher

Oxbow Books, Limited

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781789253641

Category

social science

Subjects

Science, History, Architecture

Updated

2026-03-25