Mediterranean Cities : Historical Perspectives /: Historical Perspectives. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert L. Hohlfelder, Irad Malkin.
• Authors: Hohlfelder, Robert L; Malkin, Irad
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Bollards and Men; The 'City of the Blind' and the Founding of Byzantium; Akko-Ptolemais: A Maritime Metropolis in Hellenistic and Early Roman Times, 332 BCE-70 CE, as Seen through the Literary Sources; Procopius, De Aedificiis, 1.11.18-20: Caesarea Maritima and the Building of Harbours in Late Antiquity; Literary Sources and Numismatic Evidence of Maritime Activity in Caesarea during the Roman Period; The Strategic and Commercial Importance of Jaffa, 66-69 CE; Archaeology and History at Tel Michal The Ecology of Maritime Success: The Puzzling Case of AmalfiLabour in Thirteenth-Century Genoa; The Venetian Port of Candia, Crete (1299-1363): Construction and Maintenance; Humanism on the Sea; A Modern Perspective: The Recent Development of Port Cities in Southern Europe; Testimonium; Cicero, The Republic, 2.5-9: 'On the Disadvantages of a Maritime City'; List of Contributors
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (206 pages)
• Subjects: 909.09822; HISTORY / Military / General; HISTORY / Military / General; Harbors; Harbors -- Mediterranean Region -- History; Mediterranean Region; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317845294; 1317845293
• Related ISBNs: 0714633534; 9780714633534
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.