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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782317303321

Autore

Hollander David B (David Bruce)

Titolo

Money in the late Roman Republic [[electronic resource] /] / by David B. Hollander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-92103-3

9786611921033

90-474-1912-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Columbia studies in the classical tradition, , 0166-1302 ; ; v. 29

Disciplina

332.4/93709014

Soggetti

Money - Rome - History

Coinage - Rome - History

Monetary policy - Rome - History

Rome Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's Ph.D. thesis, Roman money in the late Republic, presented to Columbia University in 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-175) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / D.B. Hollander -- Chapter One. Introduction / D.B. Hollander -- Chapter Two. Roman Coinage: Use, Volume And Composition / D.B. Hollander -- Chapter Three. Financial Instruments / D.B. Hollander -- Chapter Four. Pecuniary Assets / D.B. Hollander -- Chapter Five. Monetary Zones / D.B. Hollander -- Chapter Six. The Demand For Roman Money / D.B. Hollander -- Bibliography / D.B. Hollander -- Index Locorum / D.B. Hollander -- General Index / D.B. Hollander.

Sommario/riassunto

Roman monetary history has tended to focus on the study of Roman coinage but other assets regularly functioned as, or in place of, money. This book places coinage in its broader monetary context by also examining the role of bullion, financial instruments, and commodities such as grain and wine in making payments, facilitating exchange, measuring value and storing wealth. The use of such assets reduced the demand for coinage in some sectors of the economy and is a crucial factor in determining the impact of the large increase in the coin supply during the last century of the Republic. Money demand theory



suggests that increased coin production led to further monetization, not per capita economic growth.