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Record Nr.

UNISA996205748003316

Titolo

Quantifying the Roman economy [[electronic resource] ] : methods and problems / / edited by Alan Bowman, Andrew Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-967929-0

1-282-34896-5

9786612348969

0-19-157004-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (375 p.)

Collana

Oxford studies on the Roman economy

Altri autori (Persone)

BowmanAlan K

WilsonAndrew <1968->

Disciplina

330.937

Soggetti

Rome Economic conditions Econometric models

Rome Economic conditions Research

Rome Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; INTRODUCTION: APPROACHES; I: URBANIZATION; II: FIELD SURVEY AND DEMOGRAPHY; III: AGRICULTURE; IV: TRADE; V: COINAGE; VI: PRICES, EARNINGS, AND STANDARDS OF LIVING; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays is the first volume in a new series, Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy. Edited by the series editors, it focuses on the economic performance of the Roman empire, analysing the extent to which Roman political domination of the Mediterranean and north-west Europe created the conditions for the integration of agriculture, production, trade, and commerce across the regions of the empire. Using the evidence of both documents and archaeology, the contributorssuggest how we can derive a quantified account of economic growth and contraction in the period of the empire's gre