The Ancient City

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Ancient City as Concept and Reality
    	What is an (Ancient) City?
    	Grand Debates, New Directions
	
Chapter 2 Origins, Development and the Spread of Cities in the Ancient World
    	Origins
    	Spread
	
Chapter 3 City and Country
    	Cities, Villages and Settlements
    	Imagining the Country from the City and Vice Versa …
    	Economic Relations between City and Country
    	Hinterlands and Urban Networks
	
Chapter 4 Urban Landscape and Environment
    	The Structure and Meaning of Ancient Urban Landscapes
    	Urban Living Conditions
	
Chapter 5 Politics and Political Institutions
    	Politics and Political Systems
    	The Main Political Institutions: City Councils, Popular Assemblies and Magistrates
       	City Councils
       	Popular Assemblies
       	Magistrates
	
Chapter 6 Civic Ritual and Civic Identity
    	Memory and Identity
    	Cohesion and Sense of Unity
    	‘Naturalising’ Civic Social Hierarchy
    	Legitimation of Power
	
Chapter 7 Urban Society: Stratification and Mobility
    	State and Society
    	Stratification and Mobility
       	Stratification and Mobility in the Classical Polis
       	Stratification and Mobility in Roman Cities under the Empire
	
Chapter 8 The Urban Economy
    	(Sub)urban Agriculture
    	Specialisation
    	The Civic Authorities and the Economy
    	The Political Economy of the Ancient City?
	
Chapter 9 City-States and Cities and States
    	City-States?
    	Cities, Kingdoms and Empires
	
Chapter 10 The End of the Ancient City?
    	Decline or Transformation?
    	Politics and Administration
    	Economy and Society
    	Urban Landscape
	
Bibliographical Essay
Comparative Approaches
General Studies, Overviews and Collections
Beginnings and Endings
City-Country and Urban Landscape
Urban Economy, STRATIFICATION (‘Middling Groups’) and Civic Culture (‘Collective Activities’)
Civic Politics, City and State