Occupation, transformation, communication : Interaction between the geographic environment, regional administration, and traffic in Northern Transdanubia during the Roman Period. The ALP projecT

Bödőcs, András (2023) Occupation, transformation, communication : Interaction between the geographic environment, regional administration, and traffic in Northern Transdanubia during the Roman Period. The ALP projecT. HUNGARIAN ARCHAEOLOGY, 12 (1). pp. 48-57. ISSN 2416-0296

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Abstract

When the expanding Roman Empire reached today’s Transdanubia and incorporated the area as Pannonia province, this part of the Carpathian Basin got under a strong central rule for the first time. The economic and social framework that developed determined not only the history but also the structure of the territory in the centuries to come. Our understanding of how the economy, society, or simply life was organised in the territory of the former empire is constantly improving. The presented research project focuses on settling in Pannonia, that is, in North-western Transdanubia throughout the Roman Period, by investigating the topic using non-destructive methods instead of excavations. It aims to reveal how the new power situation and economic structure affected the environment and how the new economic units emerged as a result of the mixing of a new immigrant population, the slow but constant inflow of which was related to the military occupation of the region, and the local population. The focus, in this case, has shifted from the limes, a zone that required constant military presence, to the hinterland, where steady food production secured a reliable supply for the army.

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