Land, City, and Trade in the Roman Empire
Title | Land, City, and Trade in the Roman Empire PDF eBook |
Author | C. R. Whittaker |
Publisher | Variorum Publishing |
Pages | 504 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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The studies in this volume concern the society and economy of the Roman Empire up to the 4th century AD. Having begun with the populace of Rome itself and the way in which the poor were controlled by the rich, the author's perspective has widened to include the cities and lands of Italy and then the provinces of the Empire. The subjects studied are the organizations of labour, the relationship between town and country and the importance of trade.
Trade-routes and Commerce of the Roman Empire
Title | Trade-routes and Commerce of the Roman Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Percival Charlesworth |
Publisher | |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | Commerce |
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Trade, Commerce, and the State in the Roman World
Title | Trade, Commerce, and the State in the Roman World PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Wilson |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 679 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 019879066X |
In this volume, papers by leading Roman historians and archaeologists discuss trade within the Roman Empire and beyond its frontiers between c.100 BC and AD 350, focusing especially on the role of the Roman state in shaping the institutional framework for trade. As part of a novel interdisciplinary approach to the subject, the chapters address its myriad facets on the basis of broadly different sources of evidence - historical, papyrological, andarchaeological - demonstrating how collaborations with the elite holders of wealth within the empire fundamentally changed its political character in the longer term.
The Grain Market in the Roman Empire
Title | The Grain Market in the Roman Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Erdkamp |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 2005-11-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1139447688 |
This book explores the economic, social and political forces that shaped the grain market in the Roman Empire. Examining studies on food supply and the grain market in pre-industrial Europe, it addresses questions of productivity, division of labour, market relations and market integration. The social and political aspects of the Roman grain market are also considered. Dr Erdkamp illustrates how entitlement to food in Roman society was dependent on relations with the emperor, his representatives and the landowning aristocracy, and local rulers controlling the towns and hinterlands. He assesses the response of the Roman authorities to weaknesses in the grain market and looks at the implications of the failure of local harvests. By examining the subject from a contemporary perspective, this book will appeal not only to historians of ancient economies, but to all concerned with the economy of grain markets, a subject which still resonates today.
Rome and the Distant East
Title | Rome and the Distant East PDF eBook |
Author | Raoul McLaughlin |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 261 |
Release | 2010-05-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1441162232 |
In ancient times there were several major trade routes that connected the Roman Empire to exotic lands in the distant East. Ancient sources reveal that after the Augustan conquest of Egypt, valued commodities from India, Arabia and China became increasingly available to Roman society. These sources describe how Roman traders went far beyond the frontiers of their Empire, travelling on overland journeys and maritime voyages to acquire the silk, spices and aromatics of the remote East. Records from ancient China, early India and a range of significant archaeological discoveries provide further evidence for these commercial contacts. Truly global in its scope, this study is the first comprehensive enquiry into the extent of this trade and its wider significance to the Roman world. It investigates the origins and development of Roman trade voyages across the Indian Ocean, considers the role of distant diplomacy and studies the organization of the overland trade networks that crossed the inner deserts of Arabia through the Incense Routes between the Yemeni Coast and ancient Palestine. It also considers the Silk Road that extended from Roman Syria across Iraq, through the Persian Empire into inner Asia and, ultimately, China.
Ancient Economies, Modern Methodologies
Title | Ancient Economies, Modern Methodologies PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Fibiger Bang |
Publisher | Edipuglia srl |
Pages | 281 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 8872284880 |
Ancient Economies, Modern Methodologies is a collection of essays which focuses on the art of questioning; it is about ideas and analytical experiment. Ancient economic history has developed enormously since the publication of M.I. Finley’s The Ancient Economy in 1973. Much new material has been brought to bear on the debate on the character of economic life in the Greek and Roman world. But, at the same time, discussions have been going round in circles. This is because not enough attention has been given to the questions ancient historians ask and the concepts with which they approach the economy. In this collection, an attempt is made to renew the terms of the debate by presenting a wide variety of new analytical approaches to ancient economic history ranging from literary theory, cross-cultural comparison, statistical analysis of archaeological data to neo-institutional economics and model-building.
A Companion to the Roman Empire
Title | A Companion to the Roman Empire PDF eBook |
Author | David S. Potter |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 728 |
Release | 2008-04-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1405178264 |
A Companion to the Roman Empire provides readers with aguide both to Roman imperial history and to the field of Romanstudies, taking account of the most recent discoveries. This Companion brings together thirty original essays guidingreaders through Roman imperial history and the field of Romanstudies Shows that Roman imperial history is a compelling and vibrantsubject Includes significant new contributions to various areas of Romanimperial history Covers the social, intellectual, economic and cultural historyof the Roman Empire Contains an extensive bibliography