From the Contents:
Introduction; I. Land, Labour and Legislation in Late Republican Italy; II. CIL X 8217 and the Question of Temple Land in Roman ItaIII. The Imperial and Private alimenta in Italy: Ideology and Economy; IV. Landowners, Tenants and Estate Managers in Roman Italy. New Discoveries; V. The Overseers of Tenants during the Principate; VI. Recruitment and Training of Roman Estate Managers in a Comparative Perspective. ; VII. The Vilica and Roman Estate Management; VIII. Estate Managers in Ancient Greek Agriculture; IX. Saltuarius: A Latin Job Title; X. Magister pecoris. The Nomenclature and Qualifications of the Chief Herdsman in Roman Pasturage; XI. Subvilicus: Sub-Agent or Assistant Bailiff?; XII. Estate Management in Roman North Africa. Transforor Continuity?; XIII. Dispensatores in Roman North Africa; XIV. CIL III 493 and the Administration of the Quarry at Krokeai; XV. Property and Production in the Segermes Valley during the Roman Era; Bibliography; Indices.