Roman Seas

Justin Leidwanger is Assistant Professor of Classics at Stanford University.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments 1. Maritime Interaction and Mediterranean Communities· Movement, Connectivity, and Economic History· Roman Maritime Economies· Shipwreck Datasets· An Eastern Mediterranean Case Study· The Route Ahead 2. Topography and Tools of Interaction· Marine Environment of the Eastern Mediterranean· Evidence for Ships and Seafaring· Roman and Late Antique Seagoing Vessels· Ancient Mediterranean Sailing· Diversity and Dynamism 3. Modeling Maritime Dynamics· Regionalisms· Landscapes· Mobilities· Thinking through Networks· From Ancient Mobility to Dynamic Networks· Maritime Archaeology and Network Potential 4. Exploring Shipwreck Data· Number Crunching· Connective Structures· Spatial Topography of Seafaring· Toward Big Data for Maritime Economies 5. Ports and Everyday Economies· Situating Roman Ports· Two Miniature "Archipelagos"· Ports, Hinterlands, and Network Interaction· "Nodes of Density" 6. Maritime Networks in the Roman East· Small-Scale Activity and Regional Integration· Emergence and Evolution of Maritime Networks· From Maritime Archaeologies to Economic Histories· Further Journeys Appendices1. Roman and Late Antique Shipwrecks from Southwest Turkey and the Northeast Mediterranean2. Wind Patterns in the Southeast Aegean and Northeast Mediterranean ReferencesIndex

This volume takes a broad view of the intersection of maritime activities with the socioeconomic development of the Mediterranean world. Focusing on evidence from the Roman and late antique eastern Mediterranean, with particular attention to the area of southwestern Turkey and southern Cyprus from the second century BCE to the seventh century CE, Leidwanger presents an economic history intrinsically connected to the dynamic maritime world.