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Author:

Poehler, Eric, author.

Title:

The traffic systems of Pompeii / Eric E. Poehler.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xviii, 276 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Traffic engineering--Pompeii (Extinct city)--Pompeii (Extinct city)--History.
City and town life--Pompeii (Extinct city)--Pompeii (Extinct city)--History.
Streets--Pompeii (Extinct city)--Pompeii (Extinct city)--History.
Infrastructure (Economics)--Pompeii (Extinct city)--Pompeii (Extinct city)--History.
Pompeii (Extinct city)--Social conditions.
Pompeii (Extinct city)--Economic conditions.
City and town life.
Economic history.
Infrastructure (Economics)
Social conditions.
Streets.
Traffic engineering.
Italy--Pompeii (Extinct city)
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Modern scholarship; the new myths of ancient traffic; the street surface and rut creation; vehicles, laws, and attitudes; control of urban streets; the shape of the book -- The development of Pompeii's urban street network -- Surfaces of the street -- Architecture of the street -- Evidence of traffic -- The traffic systems of Pompeii -- World of the mulio -- Traffic in the Roman world -- Conclusion.

Summary:

"This book is the first sustained examination of the development of road infrastructure in Pompeii--from the archaic age to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE--and its implications for urbanism in the Roman empire"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0190614676
9780190614676

OCLC:

(OCoLC)978250040

LCCN:

2016036974

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)