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Reconstruction of the Landscape in Classical Antiquity (territory of today Croatia)

In the course of the ongoing research project "Archaeological Topography of Croatia in Classical Antiquity" the application of a new GIS procedure made it possible to make reconstructions of some Roman sites and past landscape (landscape in classical antiquity) on the territory of today Croatia. The GIS approach to the study of changes in historical landscapes indicated that the greatest transformation of the landscape occured in the Roman period. Territorial creativity was high in the Roman time, when a completely new landscape identity appeared after the 2nd/1st century BC in Dalmatia and after the 1st century AD in Pannonia. The new markers in the landscape consisted of: 1) Military camps ; 2) Cities - colonies and settlements ; 3) Roman villas ; 4) A network of roads and aqueducts. Agro-forestry landscapes were unbalanced even in prehistory, with clearing of forests and expansion of agriculture. However, the most noticeable changes came in the Roman period with new exploitation of the land and the intensive planting of new cash crops - vineyards and olive trees in Dalmatia and Histria, and wheat and other cereals in Pannonia. Roman villas as the centres of the agrculturally productive landscape were settled between the towns and cities. The Roman beginning of settlements had the roots in the commercial and strategic needs of the expanding power in the eastern Adriatic territory and in the Pannonian region such as in the exploitation of the local resources.

Reconstruction of the landscape, classical antiquity, territory of today Croatia

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