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Abstract Jonas Danckers Traditionally, the 2nd century AD in Roman Altinum (Northern Italy) has been described as a period of crisis. As a similar ‘commercial and agricultural’ setback has earlier been proposed for the whole Italian peninsula in general, this article evaluates the epistemological basis of this local variant. A historiographical research firstly contextualises the origins of the classical pan-Italic crisis idea. Starting from critiques on this influential concept, a new archaeological methodology for tracing a crisis in antiquity is proposed. Applying this approach to Altinum and the Venetia region, it can be argued that the alleged ‘2nd-century AD crisis’ for the town was not a reality but rather a mixture of historiographical determinism and archaeological scarcity. Article in volume 86, 2011, pages 143-165 Buy and download the article as PDF file
The other articles in volume 86, 2011 Mary B. Moore Alexandra Alexandridou Jeffrey A. Becker & Jessica Nowlin Charlotte R. Potts Boutheina Maraoui Telmini Dimitri van Limbergen Helke Kammerer-Grothaus Olivier Hekster Francesco Trifilò Johan Flemberg Gaetano Arena Michael Donderer
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