Augustus' propaganda founded the ruler's power on a series of references to the sky:
Caesar's comet, which helped to establish the divine nature of kingship, the completion of …

Despite the fact that ancient writings indicate a clear necessity to orient Roman towns
according to the path of the sun (Hyginus Gromatius, Constitutio, 1), Le Gall (1975) in an …

Urbanism in most areas of Western Europe occurred at the time of the Roman Empire when
several hundred new towns were founded, notably under Augustus. Those towns were …

Résumé Le débat sur l'interprétation de la fête du Concilium Galliarum, le 1 er août, à
Lugdunum, oppose les tenants d'une position «celtisante» inaugurée par d'Arbois de …

The Great Mosque at Córdoba does not face Mecca as we moderns think it should. This is
also true of many other medieval mosques. However, now that we have some control over …

Several works have tried either to demonstrate or reject the notion that the orientation of the
main axis of a Roman city was deliberate since its choice might add an extra sacred …

The modern Tiber delta includes two river mouths flowing into the Tyrrhenian sea, the
Fiumara to the South and the Fiumicino to the North. While the Fiumara is a natural channel …

The centuriations were public lands delimited and divided in regular lots by Rome as a
result of the conquest but also the conceptual appropriation of new territories, which were …

Las investigaciones arqueológicas en Cartagena–la antigua Qart Hadašt púnica, posterior
Carthago Nova romana–evidencian la existencia de elementos topográficos, urbanísticos y …

Chinese urban planning has a millenary history. According to the ancient classic texts, it was
based on principles related to the cosmic order as well as on traditional ideas related to the …