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Urban Craftsmen and Traders in the Roman World

Author : Andrew Wilson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191065366
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Urban Craftsmen and Traders in the Roman World written by Andrew Wilson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-12 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, featuring sixteen contributions from leading Roman historians and archaeologists, sheds new light on approaches to the economic history of urban craftsmen and traders in the Roman world, with a particular emphasis on the imperial period. Combining a wide range of research traditions from all over Europe and utilizing evidence from Italy, the western provinces, and the Greek-speaking east, this edited collection is divided into four sections. It first considers the scholarly history of Roman crafts and trade in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing on Germany and the Anglo-Saxon world, and on Italy and France. Chapters discuss how scholarly thinking about Roman craftsmen and traders was influenced by historical and intellectual developments in the modern world, and how different (national) research traditions followed different trajectories throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The second section highlights the economic strategies of craftsmen and traders, examining strategies of long-distance traders and the phenomenon of specialization, and presenting case studies of leather-working and bread-baking. In the third section, the human factor in urban crafts and trade-including the role of apprenticeship, gender, freedmen, and professional associations-is analysed, and the volume ends by exploring the position of crafts in urban space, considering the evidence for artisanal clustering in the archaeological and papyrological record, and providing case studies of the development of commercial landscapes at Aquincum on the Danube and at Sagalassos in Pisidia.

Urban Space and Urban History in the Roman World

Author : Miko Flohr
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000071472
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Space and Urban History in the Roman World written by Miko Flohr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-25 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume investigates how urban growth and prosperity transformed the cities of the Roman Mediterranean in the last centuries BCE and the fi rst centuries CE, integrating debates about Roman urban space with discourse on Roman urban history. The contributions explore how these cities developed landscapes full of civic memory and ritual, saw commercial priorities transforming the urban environment, and began to expand signifi cantly beyond their wall circuits. These interrelated developments not only changed how cities looked and could be experienced, but they also affected the functioning of the urban community and together contributed to keeping increasingly complex urban communities socially cohesive. By focusing on the transformation of urban landscapes in the Late Republican and Imperial periods, the volume adds a new, explicitly historical angle to current debates about urban space in Roman studies. Confronting archaeological and historical approaches, the volume presents developments in Italy, Africa, Greece, and Asia Minor, thus significantly broadening the geographical scope of the discussion and offering novel theoretical perspectives alongside well- documented, thematic case studies. Urban Space and Urban History in the Roman World will be of interest to anyone working on Roman urbanism or Roman history in the Late Republic and early Empire.

Trade, Commerce, and the State in the Roman World

Author : Andrew Wilson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019879066X
Total Pages : 679 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Book Synopsis Trade, Commerce, and the State in the Roman World by : Andrew Wilson

Download or read book Trade, Commerce, and the State in the Roman World written by Andrew Wilson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, and the role of the state in shaping the institutional framework for trade. Documentary, historical and archaeological evidence forms the basis of a novel interdisciplinary approach

Roman Artisans and the Urban Economy

Author : Cameron Hawkins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107115442
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Roman Artisans and the Urban Economy written by Cameron Hawkins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vividly reconstructs economic conditions in ancient Roman cities and the socio-economic strategies of artisans who lived in them.

Capital, Investment, and Innovation in the Roman World

Author : Paul Erdkamp
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192578952
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Book Synopsis Capital, Investment, and Innovation in the Roman World by : Paul Erdkamp

Download or read book Capital, Investment, and Innovation in the Roman World written by Paul Erdkamp and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investment in capital, both physical and financial, and innovation in its uses are often considered the linchpin of modern economic growth, while credit and credit markets now seem to determine the wealth - as well as the fate - of nations. Yet was it always thus? The Roman economy was large, complex, and sophisticated, but in terms of its structural properties did it look anything like the economies we know and are familiar with today? Through consideration of the allocation and uses of capital and credit and the role of innovation in the Roman world, the individual essays comprising this volume go straight to the heart of the matter, exploring such questions as how capital in its various forms was generated, allocated, and employed in the Roman economy; whether the Romans had markets for capital goods and credit; and whether investment in capital led to innovation and productivity growth. Their authors consider multiple aspects of capital use in agriculture, water management, trade, and urban production, and of credit provision, finance, and human capital, covering different periods of Roman history and ranging geographically across Italy and elsewhere in the Roman world. Utilizing many different types of written and archaeological evidence, and employing a range of modern theoretical perspectives and methodologies, the contributors, an expert international team of historians and archaeologists, have produced the first book-length contribution to focus exclusively on (physical and financial) capital in the Roman world; a volume that is aimed not only at specialists in the field, but also at economic historians and archaeologists specializing in other periods and places.

The Romans and Trade

Author : André Tchernia
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019109109X
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Romans and Trade written by André Tchernia and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: André Tchernia is one of the leading experts on amphorae as a source of economic history, a pioneer of maritime archaeology, and author of a wealth of articles on Roman trade, notably the wine trade. This book brings together the author's previously published essays, updated and revised, with recent notes and prefaced with an entirely new synthesis of his views on Roman commerce with a particular emphasis on the people involved in it. The book is divided into two main parts. The first is a general study of the structure of Roman trade: Landowners and traders, traders' fortunes, the matter of the market, the role of the state, and dispatching what is required. It tackles the recent debates on Roman trade and Roman economy, providing, original and convincing answers. The second part of the book is a selection of 14 of the author's published papers. They range from discussions of general topics such as the ideas of crisis and competition, the approvisioning of Ancient Rome, trade with the East, to more specialized studies, such as the interpretation of the 33 AD crisis. Overall, the book contains a wealth of insights into the workings of ancient trade and expertly combines discussion of the material evidence-especially of amphorae and wrecks-with the prosopographical approach derived from epigraphic, papyrological and historical data.

Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies

Author : Sitta von Reden
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110604930
Total Pages : 1131 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies written by Sitta von Reden and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-12-20 with total page 1131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume of the Handbook describes different extractive economies in the world regions that have been outlined in the first volume. A wide range of economic actors – from kings and armies to cities and producers – are discussed within different imperial settings as well as the tools, which enabled and constrained economic outcomes. A central focus are nodes of consumption that are visible in the archaeological and textual records of royal capitals, cities, religious centers, and armies that were stationed, in some cases permanently, in imperial frontier zones. Complementary to the multipolar concentrations of consumption are the fiscal-tributary structures of the empires vis-à-vis other institutions that had the capacity to extract, mobilize, and concentrate resources and wealth. Larger volumes of state-issued coinage in various metals show the new role of coinage in taxation, local economic activities, and social practices, even where textual evidence is absent. Given the overwhelming importance of agriculture, the volume also analyses forms of agrarian development, especially around cities and in imperial frontier zones. Special consideration is given to road- and water-management systems for which there is now sufficient archaeological and documentary evidence to enable cross-disciplinary comparative research.

The Roman Market Economy

Author : Peter Temin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691177945
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Roman Market Economy written by Peter Temin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What modern economics can tell us about ancient Rome The quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people living before the Industrial Revolution. The Roman Market Economy uses the tools of modern economics to show how trade, markets, and the Pax Romana were critical to ancient Rome's prosperity. Peter Temin, one of the world's foremost economic historians, argues that markets dominated the Roman economy. He traces how the Pax Romana encouraged trade around the Mediterranean, and how Roman law promoted commerce and banking. Temin shows that a reasonably vibrant market for wheat extended throughout the empire, and suggests that the Antonine Plague may have been responsible for turning the stable prices of the early empire into the persistent inflation of the late. He vividly describes how various markets operated in Roman times, from commodities and slaves to the buying and selling of land. Applying modern methods for evaluating economic growth to data culled from historical sources, Temin argues that Roman Italy in the second century was as prosperous as the Dutch Republic in its golden age of the seventeenth century. The Roman Market Economy reveals how economics can help us understand how the Roman Empire could have ruled seventy million people and endured for centuries.

Roman Art

Author : Nancy Lorraine Thompson
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588392228
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Roman Art written by Nancy Lorraine Thompson and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2007 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete introduction to the rich cultural legacy of Rome through the study of Roman art ... It includes a discussion of the relevance of Rome to the modern world, a short historical overview, and descriptions of forty-five works of art in the Roman collection organized in three thematic sections: Power and Authority in Roman Portraiture; Myth, Religion, and the Afterlife; and Daily Life in Ancient Rome. This resource also provides lesson plans and classroom activities."--Publisher website.

The Economy of Pompeii

Author : Miko Flohr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198786573
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book The Economy of Pompeii written by Miko Flohr and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work addresses, from a variety of perspectives, the economy of the Roman city of Pompeii. It uses archaeological and textual evidence to discuss topics as diverse as agriculture in the fertile plains at the foot of mount Vesuvius, diet and health, manufacturing, urban investment, consumption, trade and money.

Social Stratification of the Jewish Population of Roman Palestine in the Period of the Mishnah, 70–250 CE

Author : Ben Zion Rosenfeld
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004418938
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Book Synopsis Social Stratification of the Jewish Population of Roman Palestine in the Period of the Mishnah, 70–250 CE by : Ben Zion Rosenfeld

Download or read book Social Stratification of the Jewish Population of Roman Palestine in the Period of the Mishnah, 70–250 CE written by Ben Zion Rosenfeld and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book defines, uncovers, dissects, and arranges the economic groups in Roman Palestine in the first centuries CE. It shows that, alongside the rich and poor, there were significant middling groups that constituted the backbone of Jewish society.

Social Interactions and Status Markers in the Roman World

Author : George Cupcea
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784917494
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (849 download)

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Book Synopsis Social Interactions and Status Markers in the Roman World by : George Cupcea

Download or read book Social Interactions and Status Markers in the Roman World written by George Cupcea and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-03-31 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings from the ‘People of the Ancient World’ conference held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania in 2016. Ten papers encompass diverse approaches to Roman provincial populations and the corresponding case-studies highlight the multi-faceted character of Roman society.

Shopping in Ancient Rome

Author : Claire Holleran
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019969821X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Shopping in Ancient Rome written by Claire Holleran and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides the first comprehensive account of the retail network in ancient Rome and investigates the diverse means by which goods were sold to consumers in the city. Holleran places Roman retail trade within the wider context of its urban economy and explores the critical relationship between retail and broader environmental factors.

Recycling and Reuse in the Roman Economy

Author : Chloë N. Duckworth
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198860846
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Book Synopsis Recycling and Reuse in the Roman Economy by : Chloë N. Duckworth

Download or read book Recycling and Reuse in the Roman Economy written by Chloë N. Duckworth and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recycling and reuse of materials and objects were extensive in the past, but have rarely been embedded into models of the economy: this volume is the first to explore these practices in the Roman economy, drawing on a variety of methodological approaches and new scientific developments in a wide-ranging interdisciplinary study.

Work, Labour, and Professions in the Roman World

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004331689
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Work, Labour, and Professions in the Roman World written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work, Labour, and Professions in the Roman World offers new insights, ideas and interpretations on the role of labour and human resources in the Roman economy. The book approaches labour not only as an economic phenomenon, but gives attention also to work as social and cultural phenomenon.

Valuing Labour in Greco-Roman Antiquity

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900469496X
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Valuing Labour in Greco-Roman Antiquity written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-03-11 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did ancient Greeks and Romans regard work? It has long been assumed that elite thinkers disparaged physical work, and that working people rarely commented on their own labors. The papers in this volume challenge these notions by investigating philosophical, literary and working people’s own ideas about what it meant to work. From Plato’s terminology of labor to Roman prostitutes’ self-proclaimed pride in their work, these chapters find ancient people assigning value to multiple different kinds of work, and many different concepts of labor.

Worlds Apart Trading Together: The organisation of long-distance trade between Rome and India in Antiquity

Author : Kasper Grønlund Evers
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784917435
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book Worlds Apart Trading Together: The organisation of long-distance trade between Rome and India in Antiquity written by Kasper Grønlund Evers and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-12-31 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets out to replace the outdated notion of ‘Indo-Roman trade’, integrating new findings from the last 30 years. Analysis conducted demonstrates that highly substantial levels of trade took place between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean in the 1st–6th c. altering consumption and production in India, South Arabia and the Roman Empire.