https://omeka-dev.carleton.edu/cgmrdev/files/original/cd35594dad747d5139d35d9a9c56e466.jpg 6d76be0700c1d75737710c3621a61750 Place A location with a street address or larger region. Examples include building, statue, piazza, fountain, port, neighborhood, paintings, sculptures, frescoes, floors. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Disabitato: Farms, Families, and Open Space Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lindsay Brandt (2017) Description An account of the resource <p>Throughout much of the medieval period, Rome’s population was a fraction of the one million residents it had at its peak in Classical Antiquity. With much of the medieval population clustered near the banks of the Tiber River, there lay a vast expanse of predominantly uninhabited land between the medieval city and the 19 km circumference of the Aurelian walls left from the 3rd century.</p> <p>Set among the ruins of ancient Rome, this landscape evolved throughout the Middle Ages. Before the 12th century, parts of the disabitato had a bad reputation. Home to swamps and breeding grounds for mosquitos, the lower-lying areas of the disabitato were known to be sources of disease. This, combined with tales of robbers and other perils, led to a reputation that the disabitato was a dangerous area.</p> <p>However, starting in the 12th century, agriculture became more common in the disabitato. Vineyards and farm fields graced the slopes of the hills, as well as the valleys between. Farm animals grazed among the ruins of once-grand Roman buildings. Powerful families, such as the Frangipani, the Savelli, and the Pierloni controlled much of this agricultural land. Throughout the 12th-13th century and beyond, this family power was constantly shifting. Families built vast fortified complexes complete with towers and imposing walls in order to keep their holdings their own, and lands inevitably traded from hand to hand. While agriculture and family power flourished, however, the area remained, true to its name, largely uninhabited. While within the city walls, the disabitato had more in common with the countryside than with the city itself.</p> Abstract A summary of the resource. Throughout much of the medieval period, Rome’s population was a fraction of what it had been at its peak. With much of the population clustered near the banks of the Tiber River, there lay a vast expanse of predominantly uninhabited land between the medieval city and the 19 km circumference of the Aurelian walls left from the 3rd century. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context disabitato_2015 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Krautheimer, Richard. <em>Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308</em>. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000. &amp;nbsp, Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1200s Aventine Clivo di Rocca Savella The City's Edge Unsure on details