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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795731803321

Autore

Harris William V (William Vernon)

Titolo

Rome's imperial economy [[electronic resource] ] : twelve essays / / W.V. Harris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0191616494

9780191616495

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 370 p. : ill., maps

Disciplina

330.937

Soggetti

Rome Economic conditions 30 B.C.-476 A.D

Rome Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Structures. On the applicability of the concept of class in Roman history ; Poverty and destitution in the Roman Empire -- Slavery. Towards a study of the Roman slave trade ; Demography, geography, and the sources of Roman slaves -- Production. Roman terracotta lamps : the organization of an industry ; Production, distribution, and instrumentum domesticum -- Trade. Trade [70-192 AD] ; Trade and the river Po : a problem in the economic history of the Roman Empire ; Roman governments and commerce, 300 BC-AD 300 -- Money. A revisionist view of Roman money -- Overviews. The Roman economy in the Late Republic, 133-31 BC ; Between archaic and modern : some current problems in the economic history of the High Roman Empire.