Land Transport and Traffic Policy in the Roman Empire 1st Edition by C Van Tilburg ISBN 0415409993 9780415409995

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ISBN 10: 0415409993 
ISBN 13: 9780415409995
Author: C Van Tilburg

Land Transport and Traffic Policy in the Roman Empire 1st Table of contents:

Development of the Roman road-system
Introduction
Forerunners of Roman roads
The start of Roman road building
The first planned Roman road: Via Appia
Later roads
The development of streets in Rome
Different types of roads and streets
Juridical aspects
Roads in geodesy
Summary and conclusion
The glory of the Roman road-system
Construction and width of Roman roads
Introduction
Paved and unpaved roads
Standard construction of roads
The construction of mountain roads
The construction of marsh roads
Along the road: drainage canals, sidewalks, stepping stones and milestones
Constructions
Bridges, dams and retaining walls
Tunnels
The tunnel of Clivus Tiburtinus
Widths of roads
The minimum width of roads: juridical aspects
The width of roads in geodesy
The actual width of roads
Widths of streets
Summary and conclusion
Principals and road authorities
Introduction
Politicians as principals
Viae militares
Roads as an instrument for colonisation and reclaiming land
Curatores viarum
Street maintenance in cities
Summary and conclusion
Conclusion of chapter 1
Road-Users
Passenger traffic
Introduction
Commuter traffic
Service traffic
Inns
Recreational traffic
Pilgrimages
Good and bad travel experiences
Finding the way
Animals and wagons
Costs
Summary and conclusion
Postal service and cursus publicus
Introduction
Post in the Republic
The introduction of the cursus publicus
The praefectus vehiculorum
Goods transport by cursus publicus: cursus velox and cursus clabularis
The cursus publicus and the charges to the population
The volume of traffic flow: rough estimations
Summary and conclusion
Army and road security
Introduction
The size of the Roman army
The division of a legion
An army on its way
Road security
Summary and conclusion
Goods transport
Introduction
Numbers of inhabitants
Which goods were transported by road?
The relationship between city and countryside
Agriculture in Italy
The production of the suburbium of Rome
Animals and wagons
A rough estimate of the logistics
Corn distribution in Rome
Summary and conclusion
Special transport
Introduction
The emperor and his court
Wild animals in transport
Heavy transport
Conclusion of chapter 2
Traffic Congestion
Toll points
Introduction
The situation of toll points
Licences of tax-collectors
Summary and conclusion
City gates
Introduction
The situation and building of city gates
Planning of city gates
The first gates of Rome
The gates of Pompeii
Traffic accommodation at the gates of Rome and Pompeii
New cities, new gates
Fréjus
Aosta
Autun and Colchester
Xanten
Trier
Gates in the east provinces
Some general remarks
Late Antiquity
Gates in the Aurelian Wall
Summary and conclusion
The functioning of city gates
Introduction
Opening and closing times of city gates
Connection between city gates and suburbs
Pompeii: Porta Marina and Porta di Ercolano
Cologne: Porta Paphia and other gates
Xanten: Burginatiumtor and other gates
Some other cities
Summary and conclusion
Crowds in the city
Introduction
Crowds in Rome
Crowds in other cities
Traffic regulations and traffic aggression
Summary and conclusion
Conclusion of chapter 3
Traffic Policy
Legislation
Introduction
Early traffic legislation
The Lex Julia Municipalis
The Lex Coloniae Genetivae Juliae
Traffic laws in the Empire
Summary and conclusion
Traffic circulation
Introduction
Traffic circulation in Pompeii
Traffic circulation in Xanten
Summary and conclusion
Missed chances and political lack of interest
Introduction
The existing situation was maintained
An attempt at city renewal: Neropolis
A new chance: Colonia Commodiana
A missed chance: the pomerium as circular road
Political lack of interest
Summary and conclusion
Conclusion of chapter 4
Summary
Notes
Bibliography
1 Ancient sources
2 Epigraphical sources
3 Modern authors
Index Locorum

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