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Carregando... The Roads of the Romans (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum)de Romolo Augusto Staccioli
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Read for a course on travel in antiquity. A quick, informative read, with vividly gorgeous photos as accompaniment. ( ) The book contains great photos of all aspects of the Roman road system, but the text doesn't have much depth. I was left wishing for more information on how they constructed roads, bridges, and tunnels. If you're looking for a fun and quick read on roman roads, this is your book. If you desire an in-depth text, look elsewhere. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
While the ancient Romans were not the first society to construct a system of great roads, they did introduce important technical advancements and develop a highly organized and pervasive network that joined their territories in a gigantic web. Spanning over 50,000 miles and three continents, the network was a defensive matrix as well as a means to integrate the provinces into their empire. Without it, the empire would never have grown so vast or lasted as long. Beginning with the city streets of Rome, Romolo Staccioli's study progresses outward to the suburban routes linking Rome with surrounding towns; the Via Latina, the national road that was the backbone of the entire system; and the great "consular" roads such as the Via Appia that connected Rome with the distant regions of its sprawling empire. Staccioli considers the infrastructure (bridges, viaducts, and tunnels) that supported the system as well as the facilities (rest stations as well as vehicle and sundry services) that supported its travelers. Finally, he discusses the extent to which this system survived the end of the ancient world and remained operative, with various modifications, into the modern age. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — Carregando... GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)388.10937Social sciences Commerce, Communications, Transportation Transportation RoadsClassificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
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