Roman Coutryside

Roman Countryside

Dressel 1 Amphorae

The Dressel 1 amphorae is the first Roman made amphorae in the 2nd century BC.  It is important in history because before this one, only the Greeks were producing it. The Greeks knew those methods of storing goods and practicing trade. This production of the Roman amphorae shows the begining of Rome takning part in the trading world and economy.  

Literary Evidences used from Terrenti Varronis' book

Stamped amphorae or any other type of epigraphic material can help us to reconstruct trade routes

In Etruria, it was possible to possess a Villa without being a pure Roman.

During the Augustin period, Villae were build out of brick and mortar. 

Hadrian's Villa shows us that the appearance and luxury became more important than just being a practical Villa. 

Ecology & Archaeology

This article explains that deforestation and agriculture causes mosquitos and diseases surch as malaria. the article studies ancient Rome and how the population was dealing with this problem. the article says that romans were building their cities on lower ground because water was easily accessible but during summer time, to prevent getting diseasesw froom mosquitos, they would go and live in upper side on hills etc. Overall, the article suggest that agriculture and deforestation brings mosquitos which can spread diseses. 

The archeological part of this article is the evidences such as Roman Villae ansd the sources ccccccby Pliny the Elder.