The Making of a Roman Imperial Estate presents excavations and
analysis of material remains at Vagnari, in southeast Italy, which
have facilitated a detailed and precise phasing of a rural
settlement, both in the late Republican period in the 2nd and 1st
centuries BC, when it was established on land leased from the Roman
state after Rome's conquest of the region, and when it became the
hub (vicus) of a vast agricultural estate owned by the emperor
himself in the early 1st century AD. This research addresses a
range of crucial questions concerning the nature of activity at the
estate and the changes in population in this transitional period.
It also maps the development of the vicus in the 2nd and 3rd
centuries AD, shaping our understanding of the diversity and the
mechanics of the imperial economy and the role of the vicus and its
inhabitants in generating revenues for the emperor. By
contextualising the estate in its landscape and exploring its
economic and social impact on Apulia and beyond, archaeological
research gives us extremely valuable insight into the making of a
Roman imperial estate.
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