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The use of computation in archaeology is a kind of magic, a way of heightening the archaeological imagination. Agent-based modelling allows archaeologists to test the ‘just-so’ stories they tell about the past. It requires a formalization of the story so that it can be represented as a simulation; researchers are then able to explore the unintended consequences or emergent outcomes of stories about the past. Agent-based models are one end of a spectrum that, at the opposite side, ends with video games. This volume explores this spectrum in the context of Roman archaeology, addressing the strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities of a formalized approach to computation and archaeogaming.

Social sciences. --- agent based modelling. --- ancient rome. --- anthropology. --- archaeogaming. --- archaeological imagination. --- archaeological research. --- archaeologists. --- archaeology. --- artificial intelligence. --- computation. --- computers. --- culture. --- digital archaeology. --- digital archives. --- engaging. --- historical. --- historiography. --- methodology. --- page turner. --- phenomenon. --- realistic. --- relationships. --- roman archaeology. --- roman economic history. --- roman society. --- scientists. --- social science. --- technology. --- theoretical. --- video games.