Comparing East and West: Aspects of Urban Manufacture and Retail in the Capitals of the Roman and Han Empires

TY - CHAP

T1 - Comparing East and West

T2 - Aspects of Urban Manufacture and Retail in the Capitals of the Roman and Han Empires

AU - Razeto, Anna

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - This chapter explores the archaeological and literary evidence for marketplaces and urban forms connected to the manufacturing of bricks and metalworking in the capital cities of the contemporary empires of Rome and Han China (ca. 200 BC-200 AD). The comparative analysis of the physical aspects of these urban structures and the following discussion of the impact of the political, practical, ideological and economic circumstances of the two empires on the distribution and features of the architecture and industries presented, will highlight the extent to which the urban architecture of the capitals was involved in the social and political processes that characterized the production of space in ancient cities.

AB - This chapter explores the archaeological and literary evidence for marketplaces and urban forms connected to the manufacturing of bricks and metalworking in the capital cities of the contemporary empires of Rome and Han China (ca. 200 BC-200 AD). The comparative analysis of the physical aspects of these urban structures and the following discussion of the impact of the political, practical, ideological and economic circumstances of the two empires on the distribution and features of the architecture and industries presented, will highlight the extent to which the urban architecture of the capitals was involved in the social and political processes that characterized the production of space in ancient cities.

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 978-1-107-04652-8

SN - 9781107660700

SP - 337

EP - 369

BT - Making Ancient Cities

A2 - Creekmore III, Andrew T.

A2 - Fisher, Kevin D.

PB - Cambridge University Press

CY - New York

ER -