The Urbanisation of the North-Western Provinces of the Roman Empire - A Juridical and Functional Approach to Town Life in Roman Gaul, Germania Inferior and Britain

This study investigates the development of urbanism in the north-western provinces of the Roman empire. Key themes include continuity and discontinuity between pre-Roman and Roman 'urban' systems, relationships between juridical statuses and levels of monumentality, levels of connectivity and economic integration, and regional urban hierarchies.