Военная история / City Walls in Late Antiquity: An Empire-wide Perspective

Название: City Walls in Late Antiquity: An Empire-wide Perspective
Автор(ы): Emanuele E. Intagliata, Simon J. Barker, Chrstopher Courault
Издательство: Oxbow Books
Год: 2020
Страниц: 185
Язык: English
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 46 MB

The construction of urban defences was one of the hallmarks of the late Roman and late-antique periods (300–600 AD) throughout the western and eastern empire. City walls were the most significant construction projects of their time and they redefined the urban landscape. Their appearance and monumental scale, as well as the cost of labour and material, are easily comparable to projects from the High Empire; however, urban circuits provided late-antique towns with a new means of self-representation. While their final appearance and construction techniques varied greatly, the cost involved and the dramatic impact that such projects had on the urban topography of late-antique cities mark city walls as one of the most important urban initiatives of the period.