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Deze bundel biedt een synthese van recent onderzoek naar villa’s en villalandschappen in de noordelijke provincies van de Romeinse wereld. Thema’s die aan bod komen zijn onder meer de economische basis van door villa’s gedomineerde landschappen, rurale slavernij, stadplattelanddynamiek, de rol van monumentale graven in villalandschappen, zelfrepresentatie en de levensstijl van villa-eigenaren. Het boek geeft een origineel, multidimensionaal perspectief op de sociale, economische en culturele functie van villa’s in het Romeinse rijk.

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The Roman Navy, although somewhat overshadowed by the legions, played an important role for the Roman Empire. For the Army to conquer and rule its vast territories, control of the sea lanes was essential. The navy fleets needed to be structured and powerful in order to dominate the trade routes, transport legions and defend and attack against pirates and other enemies. Under Augustus in 31BC, the navy consisted of 800 warships with many being sent to Ravenna and Misenus in Italy, and smaller squadrons to the external coasts and to the major rivers to support land operations.

Multi-seater latrines, as we find them in Roman Ostia and in many other sites across the Mediterranean, are well known both to tourists and archaeologists, but very few people understand how they really functioned technically or how they may have been perceived in the context of Roman society. This handbook by an international group of specialists in archaeology, anthropology, and classical literature addresses a wide variety of questions regarding toilets in the Greco-Roman world.