The Busy Periphery: Urban Systems of the Balkan and Danube Provinces (2nd – 3rd c. AD)
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The Busy Periphery: Urban Systems of the Balkan and Danube Provinces (2nd – 3rd c. AD)

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The Busy Periphery: Urban Systems of the Balkan and Danube Provinces (2nd – 3rd c. AD)

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The Busy Periphery: Urban Systems of the Balkan and Danube Provinces (2nd – 3rd c. AD) considers the reconstruction of the urban geography of the Balkan and Danube provinces at the time of the Severan dynasty. Four basic parameters governed the focus of research: the origin and socio-economic character of the settlements, their size, micro-location, and the size of their administrative territories. The principal goal was to map the variable developments of the urban network, both between and within the sub-regions that constituted this part of the Roman Empire. This line of inquiry helped in bridging the gap between the regional and the general. In the process of explaining the apparent gaps in the urban map of the study-region or the differential growth of the individual towns and settlements, we were inevitably faced with the question of the role of towns in Roman provincial society and in the economy in general, and with the interpretation of the basic prerequisites for their emergence and prosperity.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents Page
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  6. Figure II 1: The chronological profile of the major agglomerations in Upper Macedonia and Northern Epirus.
  7. Figure II 2: The chronological profile of the major agglomerations in the northern Adriatic.
  8. Figure II 3: The chronological profile of the major agglomerations in Roman Dalmatia.
  9. Figure II 4: The chronological profile of the major agglomerations in Pannonia Inferior.
  10. Figure II 5: The chronological profile of the major agglomerations in Pannonia Superior.
  11. Figure II 6: The chronological profile of the major agglomerations in Moesia Superior.
  12. Figure II 7: The chronological profile of the major agglomerations in Moesia Inferior.
  13. Figure II 8: The chronological profile of the major agglomerations in Thrace.
  14. Figure II 9: The chronological profile of the major agglomerations in Dacia.
  15. Figure II 10: The chronological profile of all Roman settlements in the study-region.
  16. Figure II 11: The chronological profile of the Roman settlements by provinces.
  17. Figure III 1: The basic formal categories of the newly founded settlements in Upper Macedonia and Northern Epirus.
  18. Figure III 2: The number of large construction projects in the old towns of Illyria and Epirus ( the western half of Roman Macedonia).
  19. Figure III 3: The number of large construction projects in the old towns of Upper Macedonia and pre-Roman Paeonia (the eastern part of the province).
  20. Figure III 4: The basic formal categories of newly founded settlements in the northern Adriatic.
  21. Figure III 5: The basic formal categories of newly founded settlements in Dalmatia.
  22. Figure III 6: The basic formal categories of newly founded settlements in Pannonia Inferior.
  23. Figure III 7: The basic formal categories of newly founded settlements in Pannonia Superior.
  24. Figure III 8: The basic formal categories of newly founded settlements in Moesia Superior
  25. Figure III 9: The basic formal categories of newly founded settlements in Moesia Inferior.
  26. Figure III 10: The basic formal categories of newly founded settlements in Thrace.
  27. Figure III 11: The basic formal categories of new foundations in Dacia.
  28. Figure III 12: The overall distribution of newly founded settlements by formal categories.
  29. Figure III 13: The distribution of newly founded settlements across formal categories by provinces.
  30. Figure IV 1: Maximum and minimum size-estimates for the major agglomerations in Upper Macedonia and northern Epirus.
  31. Figure IV 2: Ranks-size graphs for the maximum and minimum size-estimates for the settlements in Upper Macedonia and Northern Epirus.
  32. Figure IV 3: Ranks-size graphs for the maximum and minimum size-estimates for the settlements in the Macedonian part of the Roman province.
  33. Figure IV 4: Maximum and minimum size-estimates for the major agglomerations in Dalmatia.
  34. Figure IV 5: Rank-size graphs for the maximum and minimum size-estimates for the settlements in Dalmatia.
  35. Figure IV 6: Maximum and minimum size-estimates for the major agglomerations in Pannonia Superior.
  36. Figure IV 7: Rank-size graphs for the maximum and minimum size-estimates for the settlements in Pannonia Superior.
  37. Figure IV 8: Maximum and minimum size-estimates for the major agglomerations in Pannonia Inferior.
  38. Figure IV 9: Ranks size graphs for the maximum and minimum size-estimates for the settlements in Pannonia Inferior.
  39. Figure IV 10: Maximum and minimum size-estimates for the major agglomerations in Moesia Superior.
  40. Figure IV 11: Ranks size graphs for the maximum and minimum size-estimates for the settlements in Moesia Superior.
  41. Figure IV 12: Maximum and minimum size-estimates for the major agglomerations in Moesia Inferior.
  42. Figure IV 13: Rank-size graphs for the maximum and minimum size-estimates for the settlements in Moesia Inferior.
  43. Figure IV 14: Maximum and minimum size-estimates for the major agglomerations in Thrace.
  44. Figure IV 15: Ranks-size graphs for the maximum and minimum size-estimates for the settlements in Thrace.
  45. Figure IV 16: Ranks-size graphs for the maximum and minimum size-estimates for the settlements in united Thrace.
  46. Figure IV 17: Maximum and minimum size-estimates for the major agglomerations in Dacia.
  47. Figure IV 18: Ranks-size graphs for the maximum and minimum size-estimates for the settlements in Dacia.
  48. Figure IV 19: Distribution of settlements across size-categories, maximum and minimum estimates.
  49. Figure V 1: Distribution of settlements across percentage ranges for arable land within the ten- and five-km catchment radii i Upper Macedonia and Northern Epirus.
  50. Figure V 2: Population figures and estimates of arable land within the five-km catchment radius for Upper Macedonia and Northe n Epirus.
  51. Figure V 3: Population figures and estimates of arable land within the ten-km catchment radius for Upper Macedonia and Norther Epirus
  52. Figure V 4: Distribution of the towns and settlements across percentage ranges for arable land within the ten- and five-km catchment radii in Dalmatia.
  53. Figure V 5: Minimum and maximum population figures and estimates of arable land within the five-km catchment radius in Dalmatia.
  54. Figure V 6: Minimum population figures and estimates of arable land for the ten-km catchment radius in Dalmatia.
  55. Figure V 7: Distribution of towns across percentage ranges for arable land within the ten- and five-km catchment radii in the orthern Adriatic.
  56. Figure V 8: Minimum population figures and estimates of arable land for the five-km catchment radius in the northern Adriatic.
  57. Figure V 9: Minimum population figures and estimates of arable land for the ten-km catchment radius in the northern Adriatic.
  58. Figure V 10: Distribution of the settlements across percentage ranges for arable land within the 15- and five-km catchment radii in Pannonia Superior.
  59. Figure V 11: Maximum population figures and estimates of arable land for the five-km catchment radius in Pannonia Superior.
  60. Figure V 12: Maximum and minimum population figures and estimates of arable land for the 15-km catchment radius in Pannonia Superior.
  61. Figure V 13: Distribution of the settlements across percentage ranges for arable land within the 15- and five-km catchment radii in Pannonia Inferior.
  62. Figure V 14: Maximum population figures and estimates of the agricultural territory for the five-km catchment radius in Pannonia Inferior.
  63. Figure V 15: Maximum and minimum population figures and estimates of arable land for the 15- km catchment radius in Pannonia I ferior.
  64. Figure V 16: Distribution of the settlements across percentage ranges for arable land within the ten- and five-km catchment radii in Moesia Superior.
  65. Figure V 18: Maximum and minimum population figures and estimates of arable land for the ten-km catchment radius in Moesia Superior.
  66. Figure V 17: Maximum population figures and estimates of arable land for the five-km catchment radius in Moesia Superior.
  67. Figure V 19: Distribution of settlements across percentage ranges for arable land within the 15- and five-km catchment radii i Moesia Inferior.
  68. Figure V 20: Maximum population figures and estimates of arable land for the five-km catchment radius in Moesia Inferior.
  69. Figure V 21: Maximum and minimum population figures and estimates of arable land for the 15-km catchment radius in Moesia Infe ior.
  70. Figure V 22: Distribution of settlements across percentage ranges for arable land within the 15- and five-km catchment radii i Thrace.
  71. Figure V 23: Maximum and minimum population figures and estimates of arable land for the five-km catchment radius in Thrace.
  72. Figure V 24: Maximum and minimum population figures and estimates of arable land for the 15-km catchment radius in Thrace.
  73. Figure V 25: Distribution of settlements across percentage ranges for arable land within the ten- and five-km catchment radii in Dacia.
  74. Figure V 26: Maximum population figures and estimates of arable land for the five-km catchment radius in Dacia.
  75. Figure V 27: Maximum and minimum population figures and estimates of arable land for the ten-km catchment radius in Dacia.
  76. Figure VI 1: Distribution of territorial units in Upper Macedonia and Northern Epirus by size-ranges.
  77. Figure VI 2: The share of the different types of administrative units in the local government of Upper Macedonia and Northern Epirus.
  78. Figure VI 3: Distribution of territorial units in Roman Dalmatia by size-ranges.
  79. Figure VI 4: The share of the different types of administrative units in the local government of Dalmatia.
  80. Figure VI 5: Distribution of territorial units in the northern Adriatic by size-ranges.
  81. Figure VI 6: The share of the different types of administrative units in the local government in the northern Adriatic.
  82. Figure VI 7: Distribution of territorial units in Pannonia Superior by size-ranges.
  83. Figure VI 8: The share of the different types of administrative units in the local government of Pannonia Superior.
  84. Figure VI 9: Distribution of territorial units in Pannonia Inferior by size-ranges.
  85. Figure VI 10: The share of the different sectors in the local administration of Pannonia Inferior.
  86. Figure VI 11: Distribution of territorial units in Moesia Superior by size ranges.
  87. Figure VI 12: The share of the different administrative sectors in the administration of Moesia Superior.
  88. Figure VI 13: Distribution of the territorial units in Moesia Inferior by size-ranges.
  89. Figure VI 14: The share of the different administrative sectors in the government of Moesia Inferior.
  90. Figure VI 15: Distribution of territorial units in Thrace by size-ranges.
  91. Figure VI 16: The share of the different administrative sectors in the government of Thrace.
  92. Figure VI 17: Distribution of territorial units in Dacia by size-ranges.
  93. Figure VI 18: The share of the different administrative sectors in the government of Dacia.
  94. Figure VI 19: Average sizes of the administrative territories per individual province.
  95. Figure VII 1: The settlement hierarchy in Upper Macedonia and Northern Epirus (low estimates).
  96. Figure VII 2: The settlement hierarchy in Upper Macedonia and Northern Epirus (high estimates).
  97. Figure VII 3: The settlement hierarchy in Dalmatia (low estimates).
  98. Figure VII 4: The settlement hierarchy in Dalmatia (high estimates).
  99. Figure VII 5: The settlement hierarchy in Pannonia Superior (low estimates).
  100. Figure VII 6: The settlement hierarchy in Pannonia Superior (high estimates).
  101. Figure VII 7: The settlement hierarchy in Pannonia Inferior (low estimates).
  102. Figure VII 8: The settlement hierarchy in Pannonia Inferior (high estimates).
  103. Figure VII 10: The settlement hierarchy in Moesia Superior (high estimates).
  104. Figure VII 11: The settlement hierarchy in Moesia Inferior (low estimates).
  105. Figure VII 12: The settlement hierarchy in Moesia Inferior (high estimates).
  106. Figure VII 9: The settlement hierarchy in Moesia Superior (low estimates).
  107. Figure VII 13: The settlement hierarchy in Thrace (low estimates).
  108. Figure VII 14: The settlement hierarchy in Thrace (high estimates).
  109. Figure VII 15: The settlement hierarchy in Dacia (low estimates).
  110. Figure VII 16: The settlement hierarchy in Dacia (high estimates).
  111. Figure VII 17: Rank-size graph for all autonomous towns in the study-region.
  112. Back cover