ABSTRACT

The ancient Greco-Roman world was a world of citie, in a distinctive sense of communities in which countryside was dominated by urban centre.
This volume of papers written by influential archaeologists and historians seeks to bring together the two disciplines in exploring the city-country relationship.

chapter 2|35 pages

The early polis as city and state

chapter 4|22 pages

Surveys, cities and synoecism

part 5|26 pages

Pride and prejudice, sense and subsistence: exchange and society in the Greek city

chapter |4 pages

Acknowledgements

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter |9 pages

Samnium

chapter |7 pages

Lycia

chapter |2 pages

Conclusions

chapter |3 pages

Acknowledgements

chapter 9|30 pages

City, territory and taxation

chapter 10|34 pages

Elites and trade in the Roman town

chapter |1 pages

List of Contributors