Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
Archaeologists and historians have set out to reconstruct Rome, in one way or another, from the very beginning of the profession. More recently, scholars have begun to design 3-D simulations of ancient sites and monuments; even Google Earth offers the option of ‘visiting’ ancient Rome as it appeared in A.D. 320. According to the editors of this stimulating volume, however, these reconstructions, with their vast empty spaces and pristine monuments, ignore an important part of ancient Rome: the people, animals, and vehicles that moved through the cityscape. And as anyone who has ever traveled knows, different cities move in different ways, subject to variations in geography, topography, climate, culture, religion, and legal codes. This volume sets out to answer the question of what it was like to move through ancient Rome, Ostia, and Pompeii.
DOI
10.1017/S0075435813000439
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
City
London, England
Repository Citation
O'Sullivan, T. (2013). [Review of the book Rome, Ostia, Pompeii: Movement and Space, by R. Laurence & D.J. Newsome (Eds.)]. Journal of Roman Studies, 103, 305-306. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075435813000439
Publication Information
Journal of Roman Studies
Comments
Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.