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Africa Proconsularis, Volumes 1 & 2 : Regional Studies in the Segermes Valley of Northern Tunisia Hardback
by Peter f. Orsted, Jesper Carlsen, Laila Ladjimi Sebai, Habib Ben Hassen
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What was the relationship between city and country in the Roman Empire?
The writings which have been preserved show an enormous empire, divided into "cells", each with a city at its centre.
But the written sources are few, and focus mainly on the cities of Italy; they do not tell what life was like in the Roman provinces.
Through systematic studies of the ancient landscape in Northern Tunisia, archaeologists have reconstructed the day-to-day history and economic activity of the rural population around the city of Segermes.
Over 100 persons have been involved in this joint Danish-Tunisian project.
The findings presented in these two volumes indicate that in Roman times, the valley was given over to intensive cultivation of wheat and olives, maintained at a high output level by means of extensive irrigation works.
The population was dense and, surprisingly, reached its peak between 350 and 550 AD, a period of economic decline elsewhere in the Roman Empire.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:799 pages
- Publisher:Aarhus University Press
- Publication Date:31/03/1998
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- ISBN:9788772887401
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:799 pages
- Publisher:Aarhus University Press
- Publication Date:31/03/1998
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- ISBN:9788772887401