Recent analysis has exposed what kind of agriculture was practised in the area of Belluno. It wasn’t made for the purposes of full-scale trade but only to meet local needs. Among the common vegetables and fruits like apples and pears the population started to cultivate quinces and medlars since their fruiting periods were larger providing people a variety of choices.

Furthermore, round millstones were recovered from many cities allowing us to know that cereals (oat, barley, wheat and rye) and flour production were also a common presence into the population’s diets. 

On the other hand, the availability of vast and uncultivated areas usable as grazing land helped the development of livestock farming. Not only for the production of milk and dairy but also for wool, hides and manpower. Unlike agriculture, breeding became an important resource for the territory. Products were sold not only all over the province’s territories but also to other cities like Padua. The city of Padua was known for its excellence in wool and fabric processing and was reportedly buying raw material also from Belluno.

Due to the abundance of stones they started to use this territory as an important supplier of stones to build local Roman infrastructures. Some of the most important mining sites were located in Cansiglio, Castellavazzo and Cesiomaggiore. The Cansiglio site quickly became of the most important providers because of its rocks being of really high quality and excellent to work with. An inscription in honor of Nerone and kept in the museum of Belluno was made with Castellavazzo stone. In fact it was later discovered that this particular stone was exceptional to write on. 

The Cesium Marbles is the name that was given to the stones extracted by the Cesiomaggiore site. A greenish-white nodular limestone, very resistant and workable, was used to make columns, capitols and steps. Actually, many years later it was used in the reconstruction of the city of Feltre, helping researchers to find the Roman origins of the quarry.