Book Series Rome and After in Central and Eastern Europe, vol. 4

Late Antique villae in the Balkans (3rd–7th c. AD): Current Research Questions and Perspectives

HAEMUS Companion to the Late Antique Balkans 1

Orsolya Heinrich-Tamáska, Carla Sfameni, Christoph Rummel, Simon Esmonde Cleary, Dominic Moreau, Christophe J. Goddard (eds)

  • Pages: approx. 450 p.
  • Size:216 x 280 mm
  • Illustrations:186 b/w
  • Language(s):English
  • Publication Year:2026


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This volume proposes a complete panorama of the villae in the Late Roman provinces of the Balkan peninsula and the Danubian world.

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BIO

Orsolya Heinrich-Tamáska is Research Professor at the Leibniz-Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe–GWZO (Germany)

Christoph Rummel is Scientific Advisor at the Roman-Germanic Commission of the German Archaeological Institute–RGK/DAI (Germany)

Carla Sfameni is Researcher at the Institute of Heritage Science of the Italian National Research Council–ISPC/CNR (Italy)

Simon Esmonde Cleary is Professor Emeritus of Roman Archaeology, University of Birmingham (UK)

With the collaboration of

Dominic Moreau is Associate Professor in Late Antiquity at the University of Lille and permanent member of the HALMA-UMR 8164 research centre (France)

Christophe J. Goddardis Research Professor at the French National Research Centre–CNRS and Director of the AOrOc-UMR 8546 research centre (France)

Summary

The study of the villae of the Roman and Late Antique period is well established in western Europe, but, up to now, little has been done to explore this type of building in depth in the rest of the Empire, in particular in the Roman provinces of the Balkan peninsula and along the Danube. This volume, which draws on research presented at the first international workshop organized by the HAEMUS International Research Network (Villeneuve d’Ascq, France, 10–12 Novembre 2021), aims to redress the balance by drawing together papers focused on Roman villae both at an Empire-wide level, and more specifically, within South-Eastern Europe. Through thematic syntheses and case studies, the volume is able both to shed new light on the villae of in the central part of the Later Roman Empire, as well as to highlight new discoveries made in recent decades.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword to Lille, the Balkans and the HAEMUS International Research Network
Dominic Moreau and Christophe J. Goddard

Foreword to this Book
Orsolya Heinrich-Tamaska, Carla Sfameni and Christoph Rummel

1. Late Roman villae in Hispania: Notes on Terminology and Ownership
Javier Arce
2. Late Roman villae in Moesia Inferior and Thracia: State of Research and Perspectives
Gerda von Bülow
3. Late Roman villas in the Balkans: A Perspective from the West
Simon Esmonde Cleary
4. Late Antique villae: Typology, Functions, and status quaestionis
Carla Sfameni
5. Villae in the Late Roman West as Expressions of Aristocratic Culture
Simon Esmonde Cleary
6. Villae and Self-Representation
Patrizio Pensabene and Paolo Barresi
7. Villae, domus, and Religion: A Series of Misunderstandings
Christophe J. Goddard
8. The Search for Roman Landscapes
Michael Doneus and Nives Doneus
9. Villae and the Military in the Balkan between Representation, Supply and Defence
Orsolya Heinrich-Tamáska and Christoph Rummel
10. Villae maritimae and Elites in Dalmatia
Tin Turković
11. The Luxury Villa of Valerius Dalmatius, Governor of Lugdunensis Tertia at Nagyharsány, Hungary
Zsolt Mráv
12. Roman Villas and Villa-dominated Landscape Researches in Pannonia
Máté Szabó
13. Complexity and Contradiction in Diocletian’s Palace (Split, Croatia)
Goran Nikšić
14. From the Laecanii to Tito: The villa maritima expolitissima in Verige Bay (Brioni, Croatia)
Mario Bloier
15. Landscape in Motion: Case Studies of Late Antique villae in Coastal Dalmatia
Tin Turković
16. Diaporit (Albania): From Villa to Pilgrimage Centre
William Bowden and Luan Përzhita
17. The Late Antique villa of Nerodimlje and its Depiction of the Seven Sages
Marigona Ademi
18. Romuliana – Gamzigrad: Palace and/or Villa?
Stefan Pop-Lazić and Christoph Rummel
19. The Late Antique Complex in Obelya (Sofia, Bulgaria): A Re-assessment of the 1960s Investigations
Anani Antonov
20. The Ancient Villa Armira in the Province of Thrace
Gergana Kabakchieva and Benjamin Frerix
21. Late Roman villae in the Countryside of Northern Greece
Konstantinos D. Ketanis

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