Economy and Exchange in the East Mediterranean during Late Antiquity

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
East Mediterranean

VALLEY AND VILLAGE IN LATE ROMAN CYPRUS

2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Rautman
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Rural Populations ◽  
Rural Life ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Basic Information ◽  
East Mediterranean ◽  
Exchange Networks ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Roman Society ◽  
The Village

Recent investigations of Roman society and economy have sought to recover the histories of the varied provinces and their rural populations, whose circumstances and lifestyles remain poorly understood. The need is especially acute for Cyprus, which occupied an important place in the production and exchange networks of the East Mediterranean. A generation of archaeological survey work has assembled much basic information about this island landscape, and demonstrates that many parts of the Cypriot countryside were well integrated into the economy of the late empire. Analysis of the Vasilikos valley and the village at Kalavasos-Kopetra provides a detailed view of rural life and its transformation during Late Antiquity.

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