Ciudad y territorio en la provincia romana de la Betica

Abstract

In this paper we study the relations between the town and its respective territorium

in the communities of the Roman Baetica from three perspectives: first the different elements

constituting the structure of municipal territorium, with special reference to the limites and

the pagi, as well as the system of the contributio; then the information about the census and

the land registry concerning the tenitorium; and finally the population settled in the

municipal territorium, the rural habitats (vici) and the political andjuridical situation of their

inhabitants. We examine also the relations of that peasant population with the oppidum

serving as a capital of the territorium, and its variable leve! of participation in community

activities organized in the central town.