This second volume considers the rural economy of Roman Britain through the lenses of the principal occupations of agriculture and rural industry. It has two main concerns, the documentation of what is currently known of agricultural and industrial production in the countryside, and an exploration of the contribution that material culture can make to our understanding of how those resources moved across the province to feed and support military and civil populations and the development of towns and infrastructure between the mid-first century A.D. and the beginning of the fifth century A.D. At the same time, the classification and regional appraisal of rural settlement that is at the heart of Vol. 1, The Rural Settlement of Roman Britain, has enabled this study to provide a social context for rural production and consumption.
- ISBN10 0907764444
- ISBN13 9780907764441
- Publish Date 30 November 2017
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 January 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
- Format Paperback
- Pages 480
- Language English