Pages: 280
ISBN: 9789464261080
Pub Date: 28 Sep 2022
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 94fc / 48bw
Pages: 280
ISBN: 9789464261073
Pub Date: 28 Sep 2022
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 94fc / 48bw
Description:
This book discusses various aspects of city gates in the Western Roman Empire: Italy, Spain, Gaul, Germany and Britain. In these countries many Roman city gates are to be found, sometimes still in a good condition, like the Porta Nigra in Trier and the Porta Appia in Rome.Similarly to medieval or early-modern city gates, Roman city gates did not all have the same design but show an evolution over time and depending on the circumstances: sometimes they appear as simple, narrow passages (which were easy to defend), sometimes as impressively monumental complexes (which were comfortable for increased traffic and were comparable in their function to triumphal arches: both served as symbols of urbanitas, expressing Roman power).