Production of Wine and Olive Oil in Roman Histria and Dalmatia in Late Antiquity

Abstract

This paper describes a group of production centres (wine, olive oil) in Roman Histria and Dalmatia in the context of Late Antiquity. The sites are connected with two specific phenomena: a rustification of urban life and Christianity.

In Histria only 4 production centres and in Dalmatia 13 production centres were built in Late Antiquity. In these sites we may clearly observe how serious social changes in Late Antiquity were.

Keywords

• olive oil
• wine
• Histria
• Dalmatia
• Late Antiquity
• rustification
• Christianity