Table 8 Spin-off-type Road and Urban Construction Analysis
NIS Constituents | Description of case |
|---|---|
Innovative Agent | Government of the Ancient Rome (centered around territory management) |
Innovative Activity | By applying the Roman style of road and urban construction in the conquered lands, architecture technology could be spun off to the conquered lands |
Formed networks in the conquered lands that allowed them to receive various military, political, administrative, cultural, technological knowledge and regulations and at the same time serve as a strategic base for administration | |
Government Support Policies | Adopting and disseminating superior technology of the subjects |
Providing support to outsourcing policies targeting locals to utilize the technology of the subjects directly. | |
Environmental and Institutional Context | Relative superiority of architecture and cityscape engineering technology in surrounding nations (Etruscan civil engineering and construction, Greek planning, etc.) |
Rome required various architectural technology (construction as well as civil and cityscape engineering), because it was still in its developing stages at that point |