“…In general, romanization involves the introduction of new cultural, political, and economic values and processes that include long‐distance market relationships, complex economic systems and exploitation of local resources, that is, agriculture, pasture, mining, water, and forestry (Currás et al, 2012; Hermon, 2008). Therefore, this period is regarded a crucial phase in Holocene landscape changes as activities like deforestation, cropping and intensive agricultural land use, resulted in accelerated soil erosion and, hence, is considered to have had profound environmental impacts (Currás et al, 2012; Walsh, 2004).…”