Laurence R. The Roads of Roman Italy. Mobility and Cultural Change

London – New York: Routledge, 1999. – 236 p.
ISBN: 0-415-16616-0 (hardbound)
ISBN: 0-203-06241-8 Master e-book ISBN:
ISBN: 0-203-21526-5 (Glassbook Format)The Roads of Roman Italy offers a complete re-evaluation of both the evidence and the interpretation of Roman land transport. The book utilises archaeological, epigraphic and literary evidence for Roman communications, drawing on recent approaches to the human landscape developed by geographers. Among the topics considered are:
- the relationship between the road and the human landscape;
- the administration and maintenance of the road system;
- the role of roads as imperial monuments;
- the economics of road construction and urban development.List of figures
List of tablesAcknowledgementsMastering space: road building 312–44 BC
Town foundation in Roman Italy 300–30 BC
The politics of road building
Technological change
Time and distance
Transport economics
Inland waterways
Mules and muleteers: the scale of the transport economy
A mobile culture?
Viewing towns – generating space
Tota Italia: naming Italy
The extension of state power
Space-time in Roman Italy