Roman villas in central Italy : a social and economic history / by Annalisa Marzano.

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Marzano, Annalisa, 1969-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; v. 30.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 823 pages) : illustrations, maps, plansContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789047421221
9047421221
1281921637
9781281921635
9786611921637
661192163X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Roman villas in central Italy.DDC classification:

728 22

LOC classification:

NA324 .M27 2007eb

Other classification:

15.52

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Contents:

Preface; Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter One. Villae Maritimae; Chapter Two. Villae Maritimae as Economic Enterprises; Chapter Three. Villae Rusticae and the Ideological Realm; Chapter Four. The Archaeology of Rural Villas; Chapter Five. The "Villa Schiavistica" Model; Chapter Six. Villa Topography: Infrastructure and Imperial Villas; Chapter Seven. Villa Topography and Involvement with Neighbors; Chapter Eight. The Chronology of Villas and the Second-century "Crisis"; Conclusions; Catalogue; Appendix A. Chronology of Villa Sites.

Summary: This volume 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 quar.

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Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D., Columbia University, 2004).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 797-816) and indexes.

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This volume 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 quar.

English.

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