Metrology and Meaning in Pompeii

The Urban Arrangement of Regio VI

by Vanessa Schoonhoven Astrid

Book cover: Metrology and Meaning in Pompeii

Extent: 218 pages

Publisher: L’ERMA di Bretschneider

Subjects: Classical Studies

Series: Studi della Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei

Series volume number: 20

Language: English

(Paperback) (Published)

(December 2006)

ISBN: 9788882653897

Price: $146.00

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Introduction
Chapter 1 - Planning the City
Chapter 2 - Planning Pompeii
Chapter 3 - The Insulae of Regio VI
Chapter 4 - Metrology
the spatial arrangement of Regio VI
Conclusions - Metrology & Meaning
1. Methodology and Metrology
2. The Historical Context of Planned Pompeii
3. Social Differentiation: Meaning in the Urban Plan
Appendix 1 - The Distribution of Unit Types - A.D. 79
Appendix 2 - The Distribution of Unit Types in the Mercurio District, primary planning: Sources of Illustration
Bibliography
Acknowledgements.

  • By (author) Vanessa Schoonhoven Astrid