Author:
Gargola, Daniel J. author.
Imprint:Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Descriptionxiv, 289 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
Note:Representing the res publica -- Rome, its magistrates, and its empire -- Rome and its Italy -- The augurs and their spaces -- Sciences of the center -- Laws, decrees, edicts, and their spaces.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"Rather than trying to understand the [Roman] Empire through the lens of modern organizations and institutions, Gargola looks at the idiosyncratic way the elite viewed the geographical world around them and how it fundamentally informed the way they ruled over their dominion. From what geometrical patterns they preferred to how they constructed their hierarchies in space, Gargola brings together a wide body of disparate materials to demonstrate how spatial orientation dictated action"-- Provided by publisher.
