Propylaeum

The authors of "The Economics of Urbanism in the Roman East" look at the geography of the cities of the Eastern Mediterranean under Roman rule. Their aim is to understand the ancient city in socio-economic terms, presenting the latest statistical data on the phenomenon of the city in the Roman East. Starting with an overview of the Eastern Mediterranean as a whole, each contribution focuses on a specific region to examine the factors that shaped the pattern of urban settlement and the variation in city size at (supra-)regional and local level.