The starting point for this paper is a recent publication on Rome’s suburbia, dealing with a period between the V.th and II centuries B.C. (Suburbium II). The focus of the paper is set on three themes. The first theme deals with the material culture in the mid and late republic, as it can be inferred through two main indicators: amphorae (grecoitalic, Dressel 1, Lamboglia 2) and black glazed ware (atelier des petites estampilles, Campana A, Campana B etruscan, Campana B from Cales). We were able, through the analysis of available data, to trace a general picture of the long run growth of these two groups of materials, of their origin and territorial distribution, of the weight and meaning of their commercial flows in economic and cultural terms. The second theme deals with the exploitation of the italic regions used for intensive agriculture (wine and olives) aimed at markets, in the pre and post annibalic age, using for the reconstruction of the different agricultural environments of the peninsula both literary, epigrahic or archaeological sources. It also deals with matters related to the development of the production system that enabled, within the lapse of only a few generations, the economic takeoff of roman Italy. Special attention was given to the leading actors of this story, the owners of the fundi, that we can identify in the leading urban and italic classes, merchants and consumers. The third theme deals with the consumption in Rome. The traces of vineyards found in the suburbia, and the scarcity of amphoraes in urban stratigraphies lead us to think that there was a certain level of self sufficiency in providing for a good of common use such as wine was. We hence discuss the meaning of such a phenomenon, and we find the answer in a solidly structured organization of the suburban territory that existed since the III b.C., such as to provide for the needs of a relevant and rapidly growing population. The paper ends with three Appendixes, dealing with the identification and chronology of grecoitalic amphorae, on the imports from Carthago, and on the development of high yield agriculture in the Adriatic region.

Roma, il suburbio e l'Italia di età medio- e tardo-repubblicana: cultura materiale, territori, economie / Panella, Clementina. - In: FACTA. - ISSN 1971-9051. - STAMPA. - 4:(2010), pp. 11-123.

Roma, il suburbio e l'Italia di età medio- e tardo-repubblicana: cultura materiale, territori, economie.

PANELLA, Clementina
2010

Abstract

The starting point for this paper is a recent publication on Rome’s suburbia, dealing with a period between the V.th and II centuries B.C. (Suburbium II). The focus of the paper is set on three themes. The first theme deals with the material culture in the mid and late republic, as it can be inferred through two main indicators: amphorae (grecoitalic, Dressel 1, Lamboglia 2) and black glazed ware (atelier des petites estampilles, Campana A, Campana B etruscan, Campana B from Cales). We were able, through the analysis of available data, to trace a general picture of the long run growth of these two groups of materials, of their origin and territorial distribution, of the weight and meaning of their commercial flows in economic and cultural terms. The second theme deals with the exploitation of the italic regions used for intensive agriculture (wine and olives) aimed at markets, in the pre and post annibalic age, using for the reconstruction of the different agricultural environments of the peninsula both literary, epigrahic or archaeological sources. It also deals with matters related to the development of the production system that enabled, within the lapse of only a few generations, the economic takeoff of roman Italy. Special attention was given to the leading actors of this story, the owners of the fundi, that we can identify in the leading urban and italic classes, merchants and consumers. The third theme deals with the consumption in Rome. The traces of vineyards found in the suburbia, and the scarcity of amphoraes in urban stratigraphies lead us to think that there was a certain level of self sufficiency in providing for a good of common use such as wine was. We hence discuss the meaning of such a phenomenon, and we find the answer in a solidly structured organization of the suburban territory that existed since the III b.C., such as to provide for the needs of a relevant and rapidly growing population. The paper ends with three Appendixes, dealing with the identification and chronology of grecoitalic amphorae, on the imports from Carthago, and on the development of high yield agriculture in the Adriatic region.
2010
Roma; suburbio; economia antica
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Roma, il suburbio e l'Italia di età medio- e tardo-repubblicana: cultura materiale, territori, economie / Panella, Clementina. - In: FACTA. - ISSN 1971-9051. - STAMPA. - 4:(2010), pp. 11-123.
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