Roman villas in central Italy : a social and economic history /
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This volume, which was awarded Honorable Mention and a Silver Medal from the Premio Romanistico Internationazionale Gérard Boulvert, investigates the socio-economic role of elite villas in Roman Central Italy drawing on both documentary sources and material evidence. Through the composite picture emerging from the juxtaposition of literary texts and archaeological evidence, the book traces elite ideological attitudes and economic behavior, caught between what was morally acceptable and the desire to invest capital intelligently. The analysis of the biases affecting the application of modern historiographical models to the interpretation of the archaeology frames the discussion on the identification of slave quarters in villas and the putative second century crisis of the Italian economy. The book brings an innovative perspective to the debate on the villa-system and the decline of villas in the imperial period.
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Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D., Columbia University, 2004). :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. [797]-816) and indexes. :
9789047421221 :
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Villas, sanctuaries and settlement in the Romano-British countryside : new perspectives and controversies /
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This volume brings together a range of papers on buildings that have been categorised as 'villas', mainly in Roman Britain, from the Isle of Wight to Shropshire. It comprises the first such survey for almost half a century.
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Also issued in print: 2023.
"This volume has been financially supported by a generous subvention from the Association for Roman Archaeology"--Title page verso. :
1 online resource (xii, 368 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803273815 (PDF ebook) :
Die Anfänge des kontinentalen Transportwesens und seine Auswirkungen auf die Bolerázer und Badener Kulturen /
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The investigation of the Roman villa and its economic structures in the western provinces of the Roman Empire has clearly shown that rural settlement developed at different paces and intensities that largely depended on the specific region in which a villa landscape was intended and created. The progress of Romanisation was strongly linked to the existence of pre- Roman infrastructure in a given region. This existing infrastructure was at first acquired and successively intensified by the Romans. In its sum, the Roman villa economy was a complex and dynamic system that in its configuration vastly differed, according to the specific province. Still, the system essentially served clear functional purposes such as self-subsistence and, ideally, surplus production for the supply of the Roman military in newly conquered provinces.
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Previously issued in print: 2015. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784910839 (ebook) :
Fores et fenestrae : a computational study of doors and windows in Roman domestic space /
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The role doors and windows play in shaping the life and structure of Roman private dwellings has been underestimated; they are structures that connect not only rooms but houses to the outside world, and they relate to privacy, security, and light in domestic spaces. This volume analyses these structures as an essential part of daily life.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations. :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789696189 (PDF ebook) :