Tomasz Waliszewski

Oleoculture was always an important part of ancient agriculture, which was the mainstay of the ancient economy and the writing on the subject, both ancient and modern, is immense. The present study centers upon the place of the olive in the agricultural regimes and economies of Roman and Byzantine SyriaPalestine, exploring them in environmental, technological, social and, when possible, economic contexts. The book opens with a synthetic presentation of oil production in Roman and Byzantine Syria...