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7 - The Developed Economy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2025

Martin Millett
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University of Cambridge
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The economy of later Roman Britain, as seen through the archaeological evidence, shows a series of differences from the earlier system. In summary, the pattern shows first an increasing regionalization of exchange at the expense of the inter-provincial trade dominant in the early Empire, and this greater emphasis on trade within Britain is accompanied by a change in industrial location, as rurally located production centres expand at the expense of those productive units near the civitas centres which had been most significant in the early Empire.

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The Romanization of Britain
An Essay in Archaeological Interpretation
, pp. 157 - 180
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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