The Economy in the Bregalnica Valley During the Roman Period and Late Antiquity

The favourable climate, the abundance of natural resources, and the vast area of arable land, all these
factors contributed to the rapid economic development of the communities living in the Bregalnica basin.
The most developed economic branches during the Antiquity are agriculture, pastoralism, hunting and fishing. Other branches, like mining, construction, pottery-making, woodworking and metalworking held a special place in the economy. Here, we focus on mining and metalworking, which were especially developed in the Middle and Upper Bregalnica valley; agriculture is represented through wine making evidence from the Middle Bregalnica; glass-working is presented through the glass workshop discovered in Bargala.