The Rural Roman Peloponnese: Continuity and Change

The rural Roman Peloponnese is often presented as abiding by the trends established for the rest of Roman Greece. However, the case can be made for viewing the Peloponnese not just as a sub-region of a larger Greece, but as a region in itself, and also as an entity composed of still further, smaller regions. When viewed in this way, the rural landscapes of the Peloponnese can be seen to follow a number of divergent paths in the Roman period. This contribution used data from intensive archaeology field survey, ancient authors and epigraphy in order to write a more nuanced understanding of the peninsula over time.