Ashley and Peter Larkin series in Greek and Roman culture
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-293) and index.
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Urban abandonment in the late Republic and early Principate (CA. 50 BC-AD 50) -- Urban abandonment in the high Empire (CA. AD 50-250) -- The southwestern coast : economic integration, political privilege, and urban survival -- The northeastern coast : civil war and colonization -- Eastern Sicily : from Syracusan to Roman hegemony -- Roman urbanism in Sicily -- New forms of settlement in Roman imperial Sicily.
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"... Pfuntner traces the development of cities and settlement networks in Sicily in order to understand the island's political, economic, social, and cultural role in Rome's evolving Mediterranean hegemony ... [examining] three main processes traceable in the archaeological record of settlement in Roman Sicily: urban disintegration, urban adaptation, and the development of alternatives to urban settlement ..."