Vıllae Rusticae : Family and Market-Oriented Farms in Greece under Roman Rule : Proceedings of an international congress held at Patrai, 23-24 April 2010 / edited by A. D. Rizakis, I. P. Touratsoglou.

Includes bibliographical footnotes.

Land Holdings and Rural Strategies during the Roman Period -- Le villae rusticae romane e la loro dimensione economica : uno sguardo alla penisola italiana / Annalisa Marzano -- Rural structures and agrarian strategies in Greece under the Roman Empire / Athanasios Rızakis -- In Search of the Horn of Plenty : Roman entrepreneurs in the agricultural economy of the province of Achaia / Sofia Zoumbaki -- Notes on the imperial estates and valorisation of public lands in the province of Achaia / Francesco Camia, Athanasios Rızakis -- Farmhouses in the province of Achaia : Archaeological Data -- Farmhouses in Patrai and his teritory / Maria Stravropoulou-Gatsi, Georgia Alexopoulou -- Immovable installations and movable implements of the agrarian production in the Roman villas of Patras / Michalis Petropoulos -- Roman farmhouses in Corinthia : The case of Loutraki / Zoe Aslamatzidou-Kostourou -- Roman farmhouses in Corinthia / Zoe Aslamatzidou-Kostourou -- Remains of a rural farmhouse at the site " St. Panteleimon-Villa", Kranidion / Eleni Sarrı -- Rural Settlements of the Roman times in Argolid / Eleni Sarrı -- Scanty remains of Roman farmhouses in the Hermionid / Olga Psichoyou -- Overview of the rural production in Roman Arcadia / Michalis Petropoulos -- Farmhouse at the site Veligosti of Arcadia / Stamatis Fritzilas -- Rural and industrial facilities in Aseatiki in South Arcadia and in Velminatis, Southwest of Laconia / Leonidas Souchleris -- Rural and manufacture establishments in Roman Laconia (1st c. B.C. - 6th c. A.D.) / Eleni Zavvou -- Messenian land and rural establishments during the Roman period / Dimosthenis Kosmopoulos -- Roman farmhouses in Elis / Olympia Vicatou -- Attica in the Roman period : the farms from the Ist c. BC to the Vth c. AD / Domenico D'Aco -- Roman farmhouses in Attica / Georgios Stainchauer -- Roman villa at ancient Akraiphia (Akraiphnion in Boeotia) / Elena Vlachoyianni -- Villae Rusticae and workshop installations in the Boeotian countryside during Roman times ( 2nd c. BC - 6th c. AD) / Elena Vlachoyanni --

Rural settlements and the exploitation of Land in the plain of Chaeronea / Elena Kountouri, Nikos Petrocheilos -- The Opountian version of the villa rustica in Late Antiquity / Phanouria Dakoronia, Polyxeni Bougia -- Trilofo of Regginion in Fthiotis : the digging up of the remains of a Roman farmhouse / Aristea Papastathopoulou -- A Late Roman Farmhouse at the site of Ag. Triada, Thermopylae, Phthiotis / Philitsa Tileli, Konstantina Psaroyanni -- Rural Settlements of Roman times in the land of ancient Kierion in the " Orgozinos " of Mataranga, Prefecture of Karditsa / Leonidas Hatziaggelakis -- A farmhouse of the Imperial period in the area of the Ancient city of Pherae / Argiroula Doulgeri-Intzesiloglou, Polyxeni Arachoviti -- Rural installations of the Roman period in Thessaly and in the islands of northern Sporades / Argiroula Doulgeri-Intzesiloglou -- A villa (?) of the Imperial period outside the city of Skiathos / Argiroula Doulgeri-Intzesiloglou, Eleni Chrysopoulou -- Doris, Phocis, West Locris / Georgios Zachos -- Installations at the Aetolian and Akarnanian countryside in the Roman Period / Maria Stavropoulou-Gatsi, Photini Saranti -- Farnhouse at Sitaralona in the Prefecture of Aitoloakarnania : agricultural and workshop production / Victoria Gerolymou -- Roman farmhouses in the wider Agrinion area / Vivian Staikou, Katerina Leontariti -- Roman farmsteads west of Naupaktos / Photini Saranti, Vivian Staikou -- A Roman farmhouse at the countryside of ancient Leukas / Georgia Pliakou, Varvara Giza -- Addendum : The villa culture of Roman Greece / Mantha Zarmakoupi -- Roman Pottery in the Greek Countryside : votes on the evidence from rural sites / Dimitris Grigoropoulos -- The Numismatic affairs in villae rusticae of provincia Achaia / Ioannis Touratsoglou.

What a villa was is a question that engaged the Latin authors themselves, for the term is used with a certain flexibility throughout Roman history: rustic farm, luxurious mansion provided with agricultural production quarters, ultimately village in Late Antiquity. The common denominators, however, were the location outside the urban boundaries and the embedded idea of productivity. Also modern scholars have used the term villa to refer to different things depending on the geographic area under investigation. In this paper I focus on Italian villae rusticae, offering a survey of their economic dimension and attested production activities. Through a series of case studies, some specific examples of attested productions in rural villas, in addition to common agricultural activities are discussed, such as textile and lime production. The key concept to remember is that depending on location and available natural resources, an array of productions was possible, either to achieve self-sufficiency or for exchange on the market.

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