Archaeology of Sicilian countryside during Late Antiquity, Byzantine and Islamic periods (4th-11th c. CE)

[EN] From the 4th century, the so-called “late antique agrarian system” characterized Sicily in an exemplary way that is readable in material evidence of the wealth of senatorial elite and its luxury villas but also in the development of large secondary agglomerations / villages along the main roads.This "golden age" of the possessores began to suffer profound changes already from the 5th century, a significant moment in which many villas ruined and started to be reused and reoccupied indifferent ways.
Financiación: beca "Juan de la Cierva-incorporación, IJCI-2017-31494