John R. Patterson is Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Cambridge.

Patterson presents a social and economic history of Italy during the first and second centures AD, focusing upon central and southern Italy. He offers a nuanced view of Italy's transformation, emphasising and analysing local diversity...Given that a large proportion of this has been published in Italian and almost all of it in comparatively obscure or expensive scholarly publications, his book makes accessible recent work on the peninsula's towns and landscape.

• Introduction ; 1. The rural landscapes of imperial Italy ; Appendix: Survey of surveys ; 2. The transformation of the city in imperial Italy ; 3. Social mobility and the cities of Italy ; Conclusion

John R. Patterson is Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Cambridge.

Patterson presents a social and economic history of Italy during the first and second centures AD, focusing upon central and southern Italy. He offers a nuanced view of Italy's transformation, emphasising and analysing local diversity...Given that a large proportion of this has been published in Italian and almost all of it in comparatively obscure or expensive scholarly publications, his book makes accessible recent work on the peninsula's towns and landscape.

• Introduction ; 1. The rural landscapes of imperial Italy ; Appendix: Survey of surveys ; 2. The transformation of the city in imperial Italy ; 3. Social mobility and the cities of Italy ; Conclusion

John R. Patterson is Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Cambridge.

Patterson presents a social and economic history of Italy during the first and second centures AD, focusing upon central and southern Italy. He offers a nuanced view of Italy's transformation, emphasising and analysing local diversity...Given that a large proportion of this has been published in Italian and almost all of it in comparatively obscure or expensive scholarly publications, his book makes accessible recent work on the peninsula's towns and landscape.

• Introduction ; 1. The rural landscapes of imperial Italy ; Appendix: Survey of surveys ; 2. The transformation of the city in imperial Italy ; 3. Social mobility and the cities of Italy ; Conclusion