Quantifying the Roman Economy: Methods and Problems

ISBN-13: 9780199562596 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 360 str.

Alan Bowman; Andrew Wilson

Opis

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 contributors suggest how we can derive a quantified account of economic growth and contraction in the period of the empire's greatest extent and prosperity.

Recenzje

this volume does truely offer a reasonably varied, balanced and up-to-date overview of the methods and problems in quantifying the Roman economy, thus effectively contributing to a central debate in Roman studies. Being the first of a series, it certainly places a heavy burden of high expectations on forthcoming volumes.

O autorze

Alan Bowman is Camden Professor of Ancient History, University of Oxford. Andrew Wilson is Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, Universiy of Oxford.