Villae rusticae
Subtitle: Family and market-oriented farms in Greece under Roman rule : Proceedings of an international congress held at Patrai, 23-24 April 2010
By: edited by A.D. Rizaki, I.P. Touratsoglou
Contributors: Kentron Hellēnikēs kai Rōmaikēs Archaiotētos
Series: Meletēmata -- 68; Meletēmata (Kentron Hellēnikēs kai Rōmaikēs Archaiotētos) -- 68.
Publisher: National Hellenic Research Foundation,  Institute of Historical Research = Kéntron ellinīkīs kai romaïkīs archaiotītos, Ethnikon Idryma Ereunōn; distributed by De Boccard
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Athens; Paris
Language: eng; gre; ita
Number of pages: 808
ISBN-13: 9789609538190
Subjects: Congresses; Antiquities; Economic conditions; Farmhouses; Agriculture; Consumption (Economics); Regional economics; Excavations (Archaeology); Classical antiquities
Description: Looks at the rural organization and practices in the Roman province of Achaia as well as its role in the general economy. It includes studies on recently excavated farmhouses and also the rural economy. Also listed are farmhouses excavated in the past or identified by survey work. This book is the first result of a long standing project undertaken by the Institute of Greek and Roman Antiquity of the National Hellenic Research Foundation and focuses on the financial and social issues occurring in Greece during the Roman period. This project will be completed with two other conferences, the next in May 2014, "Social dynamics in Roman Greece: the role of social mobility", co-organized with the French School, and then the last, one year later, "Handicraft production, workshops and trade", in collaboration with the Archaeological Service.
Notes: Series in transliteration from the Greek.

Text in modern Greek, English and Italian. Abstracts in English.

Papers presented at a conference held in Patrai, on 23-24 April 2010.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Land holdings and rural strategies during the Roman period; title: Farmhouses in the province of Achaïa: archaeological data.