Urban History Archive
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Ancient Alexandria: Centre of Hellenistic Culture
Posted on October 7, 2012 | No CommentsNot only was Alexandria a centre for the military and bureaucracy, it was also a cosmopolitan city which nurtured Hellenistic culture. -
Independent Colonies Emerge into Flourishing Independent City-States
Posted on September 29, 2012 | No CommentsAs always, an analysis of ancient colonies, and the politics and socioeconomic factors that come with that colony, are subjected to the recounting of primary sources. Sources such as Thucydides, Plutarch, and Diodorus Siculus provide valuable information for interpreters in modern times, but that information may also contain some sort of bias or misrepresentation within it. -
On the Annexation of Provinces to the Roman Empire
Posted on September 10, 2012 | No CommentsThis summary has been about what drove Roman imperialism. What has hardly varied is the perception that the speed of Roman expansion fluctuated, as measured by the rate at which provinces were annexed. -
Greek Embassies and the City of Rome
Posted on September 9, 2012 | No CommentsWhat was their city like? How did they run their affairs? The degree of detail contained in the passage quoted indicates that the Romans generated considerable interest among the Abderans. -
Tyrants and Tyranny in the Late Roman Republic
Posted on September 2, 2012 | No CommentsDuring Cicero -
A review of ancient Roman water supply exploring techniques of pressure reduction
Posted on September 2, 2012 | No CommentsThe water consumption of Rome couldn -
A Sacred People: Roman Identity in the Age of Augustus
Posted on August 30, 2012 | No CommentsStudies of collective identity have grown rapidly among ancient historians in recent decades, particularly among scholars of the Greek world. Scholars have been fascinated by the development of Greek identity, from the dark ages of Greece through the classical period, from the Hellenistic Age through to its period of political dormancy under Roman rule. Despite this plethora of work being done on Greek identity, there is not a comparable genre of works on Roman identity. -
Castra et Coloniae: The Role of the Roman Army in the Romanization and Urbanization of Spain
Posted on August 20, 2012 | No CommentsIt is to that urbanization of empire and its curious offshoot of Romanization - with all of its positive and negative connotations - that this paper will be addressed and, specifically, the role of the Roman army in its transmission. -
The Great Jewish Revolt of 66 AD: Conflicts Within Conflicts
Posted on August 16, 2012 | No CommentsThe other conflict that exhausted the Jewish ability to wage a successful revolution against the Romans was their internal conflicts. Much of the resentment that flourished in this period of violence had its origin in the Greek rule of the Jews under the Greco- Macedonian dynasty of Antiochus of Syria. -
Human labor and harbor capacity at Rome
Posted on August 16, 2012 | No CommentsThis paper aims to reconstruct and suggest many of the aspects of Roman dock workers including their numbers, hiring practices, and unloading practices. The role of harbor capacity will also be reviewed to understand Rome's ability to safely import several hundred thousand tons and prevent famine.
