Preface Introductory Essay Studying Roman villa landscapes in the 21st century. A multi-dimensional approach Nico Roymans and Ton Derks Studies of Late Iron Age/Roman Transition Reflections on the Iron Age background to the emergence of villa landscapes in northern France Colin Haselgrove Exploring villa development in the northern provinces of the Roman empire Diederick Habermehl On the origin and development of axial villas with double courtyards in the Latin West Nico Roymans and Diederick Habermehl Essays on Social Reconstruction Town-country dynamics in Roman Gaul. The epigraphy of the ruling elite Ton Derks Ethnic recruitment, returning veterans and the diffusion of Roman culture among rural populations in the Rhineland frontier zone Nico Roymans Indications for rural slavery in the northern provinces Nico Roymans and Marenne Zandstra The idea of the villa. Reassessing villa development in south-east Britain Jeremy Taylor Interpretation of Mortuary Evidence The role of mortuary ritual in the construction of social boundaries by privileged social groups within villa landscapes Laura Crowley Monumental funerary structures of the 1st to 3rd centuries associated with Roman villas in the area of the Treveri Jean Krier and Peter Henrich Regional Studies Roman rural settlements in Flanders. Perspectives on a 'non-villa' landscape in extrema Galliarum Wim De Clercq Evaluating settlement patterns and settlement densities in the villa landscapes between Tongres and Cologne Karen Jeneson The villa landscape of the Middle Aare valley and its spatial and chronological development Caty Schucany Roman villa landscapes of the lignite mining areas in the hinterland of Cologne Wolfgang Gaitzsch Studies of Individual Sites The Roman villa complex of Reinheim, Germany Florian Sarateanu-Müller The Roman villa at Borg. Excavation and reconstruction Bettina Birkenhagen List of contributors.