Beginning in the Iberian period, the Camp de Turia was a bountiful region for cultivating grains, vines, and olives. The success of the harvests depended in large part upon the climate the good fortune of avoiding pests, especially locusts, which frequently destroyed crops and fields. The dominus submitted a part of the harvest to the state as a payment of taxes. In turn, the servants paid a tithe for the use of the land they farmed, which encouraged them to collaborate in their agrucultural efforts.

Mediterranean commerce did not decline significantly during the lower romanization in spite of barbarian invasions, political ruptures in the empire, and even a rivalry between the Visigoths and Byzantines. There were changes, without a doubt, in the production centers and styles of ships, but African and Sicilian wheat continued to arrive at all of the ports, as did wines and oriental fabrics. The land routes, in turn, declined considerably due to the dangerous nature of the journeys on foot.  

The agriculture of the Roman Empire, which was based on large plantations worked by slave workers, proved to be unsustainable with the climate, and landowners began to consider it more advantageous to place their slaves in plots of land in exchange for the delivery of a census. In turn, the free small property owners found themselves obligated to seek the protection of a dominus before the growing fiscal expectations and forced recruitment imposed by the State. The old plantations were transformed, to be composed of a manorial reserve initially still maintained by slaves, surrounded by a large mass of peasant landholdings cultivated by servants.

Beginning with the Edict of Thessalonica, issued by Teodosio in the year 380, Christianity became the official religion of the empire. But this did not put an end in actuality to pagan practices, which were held to strongly within the town, as in, for example, the belief in omens or the worship of water. In an effort to eradicate these practices, the successive councils insisted on the need to destroy idols and prohibit servants and slaves from the practice of idolatry, imposing severe penalties on those who did not comply. Finally, Christianity opted for the assimilation of Pagan practices as the most effective means of evangelization.

In 1905, an inscription was found in the Plaza de la Almoina that alluded to a diverse series renovations to the primitive Visigoth cathedral, which was probably erected in memory of Vicente the martyr. At first, the works were attributed to the bishop Justiniano, but today they are known to be of Anesio. Although today the specifics of the renovation process are unknown, it is probable that the bishop had turned to the generosity of the nobles of the land for aid.