From the Adriatic to the Alps: Transport and Trade Networks in Roman and Late Antique Northern Italy

James Page is an early career Roman archaeologist and currently a Maria Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Centro Nacional de Supercomputación, Barcelona. He achieved his PhD at the University of Edinburgh in 2022, before going on to become a Rome Fellow at the British School at Rome. His research explores Roman economic and societal interactions with waterways, ranging from transport and trade networks to community vulnerabilities and responses to hydrological risk. An active excavator, he is involved in several field projects, most recently the Upper Sabina Tiberina Project excavations at the Roman villa at Vacone, Lazio, Italy.

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• IntroductionPast Research on Trade in Northern ItalyTowards a Quantitative Approach           The MADINI DatasetMethods and ApproachesTransport and Infrastructure: The Backbone of Economic NetworksThe Road NetworkThe River NetworkThe Canal NetworkInterconnected Infrastructure‘The Richest District’. Production and Exports from Northern ItalyTransforming the Landscape: Adaptation and ExploitationStaple Goods: Wine, Cereals, and OilExports: Northern Italic Produce in the Roman WorldAmphorae: Containers and ConsumablesZones of ProductionChronological TrendsGeographic TrendsAmphora-borne Trade in Northern ItalyConclusionsRed-Slipped Finewares: Local and Long-Distance ConsumptionFineware Types and Zones of ProductionChronological TrendsGeographic TrendsTrade in Red-Slip Finewares in Northern ItalyConclusionDecorative Stone: Indulgence and CompromiseZones of ExtractionExploring Stone and Marble TrendsThe Stone Trade in Northern ItalyConclusionsTrade, Transport, and Economy in Northern ItalyTransport Costs and NetworksZones of ConsumptionInland Trade: Costs and Other FactorsChronological Variation: Amphorae and FinewaresA Disconnected and Isolated Region?ConclusionsAppendix A: Fluvial Navigation in Northern ItalyAppendix B: Values Used in the Hierarchical ClusteringAmphoraeRed-Slipped FinewaresDecorative StoneBibliography