Roman Rural Archaeology
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication date:
- 01 June 2026
- 25 June 2026
- ISBN:
- 9781009039963
- 9781316510995
- Dimensions:
- (280 x 216 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 0.5kg, 500 Pages
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- Subjects:
- Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Archaeology, Archaeology
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- Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Archaeology, Archaeology
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Book description
The Roman world was a rural world. Most of the Roman population lived in the countryside and had their immediate rural surroundings as their social and economic frame of reference. For much of the Roman period, rural property provided the basis for political power and urban development, and it was in rural areas that the agricultural crops that sustained an expanding empire were grown and many of the most important Roman industries were situated. Rural areas witnessed the presence of some of the most durable symbols of Roman imperial hegemony, such as aqueducts and paved roads. It was mainly here that native and Roman traditions collided and were negotiated. This volume, containing 30 chapters by leading scholars, leverages recent methodological advancements and new interpretative frameworks to provide a holistic view, with an empire-wide reach, of the importance of Roman rural areas in the success of ancient Rome.
Reviews
‘After half a century of intensive surveys that have revealed the rich diversity of rural landscapes across the Roman world, Gijs Tol and Astrid Van Oyen have looked systematically beyond the many dots on the maps and have assembled the first comprehensive endeavor to account for rural communities and to foreground rural labor throughout the Roman world.’
Peter van Dommelen - Joukowsky Family Professor of Archaeology and Professor of Anthropology, Brown University
‘This innovative volume documents contemporary research on the countryside across the Roman Empire. Drawing on new evidence from surveys, remote sensing and excavations, it highlights distinctive transformations in our understandings, illustrating a rich diversity of activity across its varied but heavily exploited landscapes, whilst demonstrating the fine-grained realities of human life in them.’
Martin Millett - President of the Society of Antiquaries of London
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