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Bookmark or Share- Chapter 6: Roman Cities · Orthogonal Town Planning in AntiquityThe blocks are arranged with their long side parallel to the logitudinal axis (decumanus). This is a new expression of the Hippodamean plan, patterned by scamna and not per strigas (if the term scamna may be borrowed from the vocabulary of the military encampments and agrarian surveys).
- The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites - Perseus Digital LibraryThe center of the city's life is constituted by the decumanus maximus, a wide street closed to vehicular traffic, from which there is access to many public buildings. Thus it appears that the decumanus had the function that in other cities is usually served by a forum.
- decumanus, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English DictionaryWhat does the noun decumanus mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun decumanus . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
- Roman City Planning and Spatial Organization | SpringerLinkIn addition to this orthogonal layout, which was also typical for the Greeks, two main orthogonal roads existed, called cardo and decumanus (maximus). The cardo was, at least ideally, related to the axis mundi and therefore north–south oriented.
- Decumanus - WikipediaIn Roman urban planning, a decumanus was an east–west-oriented road in a Roman city or castrum (military camp). The main decumanus of a particular city was the decumanus maximus, or most often simply "the decumanus".
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