Some potentially useful links

This on Medieval new towns

http://awhitinghistory.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/who-created-the-medieval-new-towns/

would be fun to compare with the development of Roman towns

This on the Roman Urban mind

http://historyoftheancientworld.com/2013/02/the-fall-and-decline-of-the-roman-urban-mind/

rather western centric for my usual tastes but sesm to link up with waht we have been trying to do with Ceramascene approach

This on the culture of bathing in Roman Palestine

http://historyoftheancientworld.com/2013/02/from-rejection-to-incorporation-the-roman-bathing-culture-in-palestine/

and this fun piece on a well travelled Roman Brick

http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/02/1-kitty-2-empires-2-000-years-world-history-told-through-a-brick/273320/