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Two Romes

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    Two Romes [elektronický zdroj] : Rome and Constantinople in late antiquity / edited by Lucy Grig and Gavin Kelly. -- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012. -- 1 online zdroj (482 s.). -- (Oxford studies in late antiquity). -- Contents: Cover; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Contributors; Part I: Introduction: Rome and Constantinople in Context; 1. Introduction: From Rome to Constantinople; 2. Competing Capitals, Competing Representations: Late Antique Cityscapes in Words and Pictures; 3. Old and New Rome Compared: The Rise of Constantinople; Part II: Urban Space and Urban Development in Comparative Perspective; 4. The Notitia Urbis Constantinopolitanae; 5. Water and Late Antique Constantinople: "It would be abominable for the inhabitants of this Beautiful City to be compelled to purchase water.". -- Summary: The city of Constantinople was named New Rome or Second Rome very soon after its foundation in AD 324; over the next two hundred years it replaced the original Rome as the greatest city of the Mediterranean. In this unified essay collection, prominent international scholars examine the changing roles and perceptions of Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity from a range of different disciplines and scholarly perspectives. The seventeen chapters cover both the comparative development and the shifting status of the two cities. Developments in politics and urbanism are considered, along with t. -- ISBN : 9780199921188 (electronic bk.). -- 0199921180 (electronic bk.). -- 9780199739400. -- 0199739404. -- 1280594853. -- 9781280594854.
    Grig, Lucy.. Kelly, Gavin, 1974-
    dějiny - Istanbul (Turecko) - do 15. stol.. dějiny - Řím (Itálie) - do 15. stol. Istanbul (Turecko) - dějiny. Řím (Itálie) - dějiny. Istanbul (Turecko) - historiografie. Řím (Itálie) - historiografie. Rome (Italy) - History.. Istanbul (Turkey) - History.. Rome - Historiography.. Istanbul (Turkey) - Historiography. elektronické knihy. Electronic books
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