# Town and Country

Produced by the BBC for the British Open University

Studies the Roman Empire's urbanization pattern, developed by Augustus, which depended both on the colonization of towns to secure peace in the surrounding countryside and on the development of roads to link the farmlands and towns with Rome. Uses archaeological evidence to reconstruct the interdependent life of the towns and the prosperous country, focusing on the town of Cosa and the local villa Sette Finestre, and on the town of Lucas Feroniae and the nearby villa of the Volusii. From the Ancient Rome series

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1981
- Runtime: 25 min
- By: British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, Open University, Media Guild
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/townandcountry)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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