The Ancient City

Half title......Page 2
Key Themes in Ancient History......Page 3
Title page......Page 8
Imprints page......Page 9
Dedication......Page 11
Contents......Page 12
Figures......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 15
Abbreviations......Page 17
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Ancient City as Concept and Reality......Page 20
What is an (Ancient) City?......Page 24
Grand Debates, New Directions......Page 35
Chapter 2 Origins, Development and the Spread of Cities in the Ancient World......Page 50
Origins......Page 51
Spread......Page 64
Chapter 3 City and Country......Page 75
Cities, Villages and Settlements......Page 76
Imagining the Country from the City and Vice Versa …......Page 81
Economic Relations between City and Country......Page 85
Hinterlands and Urban Networks......Page 93
Chapter 4 Urban Landscape and Environment......Page 106
The Structure and Meaning of Ancient Urban Landscapes......Page 109
Urban Living Conditions......Page 127
Chapter 5 Politics and Political Institutions......Page 140
Politics and Political Systems......Page 141
The Main Political Institutions: City Councils, Popular Assemblies and Magistrates......Page 151
City Councils......Page 152
Popular Assemblies......Page 155
Magistrates......Page 157
Chapter 6 Civic Ritual and Civic Identity......Page 165
Memory and Identity......Page 170
Cohesion and Sense of Unity......Page 173
‘Naturalising’ Civic Social Hierarchy......Page 176
Legitimation of Power......Page 180
Chapter 7 Urban Society: Stratification and Mobility......Page 185
State and Society......Page 189
Stratification and Mobility......Page 191
Stratification and Mobility in the Classical Polis......Page 193
Stratification and Mobility in Roman Cities under the Empire......Page 206
Chapter 8 The Urban Economy......Page 225
(Sub)urban Agriculture......Page 228
Specialisation......Page 230
The Civic Authorities and the Economy......Page 239
The Political Economy of the Ancient City?......Page 246
Chapter 9 City-States and Cities and States......Page 255
City-States?......Page 257
Cities, Kingdoms and Empires......Page 269
Chapter 10 The End of the Ancient City?......Page 283
Decline or Transformation?......Page 285
Politics and Administration......Page 287
Economy and Society......Page 295
Urban Landscape......Page 303
Bibliographical Essay......Page 313
Comparative Approaches......Page 314
General Studies, Overviews and Collections......Page 315
Beginnings and Endings......Page 317
City-Country and Urban Landscape......Page 318
Urban Economy, STRATIFICATION (‘Middling Groups’) and Civic Culture (‘Collective Activities’)......Page 320
Civic Politics, City and State......Page 322
Bibliography......Page 323
Index......Page 386