A dataset of population, area, and infrastructural measures for Roman cities of the Imperial period.
citiesA data.frame with 125 observations (Roman cities) and 8 variables:
character: site Name.
integer: site area, in hectares.
integer: population estimate, following the
methodology in Hanson and Ortman (2017).
integer: total area of all fora/agorae in the site,
in square meters.
integer: total area of streets in the site, in
square meters.
integer: total length of streets in the site, in
meters.
integer: average width of streets, in square
meters.
integer: average area of a block, in square meters.
Hanson J. W. & Ortman S. G. (2017). A systematic method for estimating the populations of Greek and Roman settlements. Journal of Roman Archaeology, 30:301-324. tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1017/S1047759400074134").
Hanson J. W., Ortman S. G., Bettencourt L. M. A. & Mazur L. C. (2019). Urban form, infrastructure and spatial organisation in the Roman Empire. Antiquity, 93(369):702-718. tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.15184/aqy.2018.192").
Other geographical data:
inrap