Roman Villas in Central Italy: A Social and Economic HistoryThis 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter One Villae Maritimae | 13 |
Chapter Two Villae Maritimae as Economic Enterprises | 47 |
Chapter Three Villae Rusticae and the Ideological Realm | 82 |
Chapter Four The Archaeology of Rural Villas | 102 |
Chapter Five The Villa Schiavistica Model | 125 |
Infrastructure and Imperial Villas | 154 |
Chapter Seven Villa Topography and Involvement with Neighbors | 176 |
Catalogue | 235 |
Appendix A Chronology of Villa Sites | 759 |
Appendix B Data for Villa Sites in Latium | 770 |
Appendix C Data for Villa Sites in Tuscany | 779 |
Appendix D Data for Villa Sites in Umbria | 788 |
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Roman Villas in Central Italy: A Social and Economic History Annalisa Marzano No preview available - 2007 |
Roman Villas in Central Italy: A Social and Economic History Annalisa Marzano No preview available - 2007 |
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