Where the cities end. Intramural urban fabric, walls and continentia aedificia between epigraphic evidence and classical Roman jurisprudence
Abstract
The paper offers an in-depth review of legal, literary and epigraphic sources for defining key terms and concepts of spatial organisation such as urbs, oppidum, suburbium, ager and the Augustan notion of continentia aedificia.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Classical Antiquity Studies
Historical and Literary Studies
Historical and Religious Studies of Rome
Publication details
- Journal / source
- U-PAD Unimc - Open Digital Publications (University of Macerata)
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter