Traffic and congestion in the Roman Empire
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Word Count
59,250 words, Guess
Page Count
237 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL20265640M
- ISBN-139780415409995
- ISBN-100415409993
- OCLC Control Number84895222
- OCLC Control Number123399284
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Number69734399
- Library of Congress Control Number2006016509
- Goodreads1635280
- LibraryThing9491891
Classifications
- DDC388.10937
- LCCTE16 .T56 2007
Description
"In this book, Cornelis van Tilburg examines the construction of Roman roads in detail and studies the myriad road-users of the Roman Empire: civilians, wagons and animals, the cursus publicus, commercial use and the army. In examining the roads, much is revealed of town planning in ancient cities: the narrow paths of older cities, and the wider, chessboard-patterned streets designed to sustain heavy traffic. He discusses toll points and city gates as measures taken to hamper traffic, and concludes with a discussion as to why the local governments' attempts to regulate the traffic flow missed their targets of improving the infrastructure. Traffic was, contrary to modern traffic, a closing entry."--BOOK JACKET.
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