 During the Roman domination it was one of the main grain supplier of the Empire, and was the seat of several legions, which guarded it from the never-Romanized population of the inner areas.In the early 20th century the construction of roads and railways brought more prosperity, but at the same time destroyed the large forest heritage of the region.The demographic pressure and the reduced competitivity of the local grain production in the Italian market pushed numerous Logoduresi to emigrate in the 1950s, first in the main Sardinian cities and then to the Italian northern mainland.