Patterns in the Economy of Roman Asia Minor (Hardcover)

Constantina Katsari

ISBN 10: 190512502X / ISBN 13: 9781905125029

Verlag: Classical Press of Wales, Swansea, 2005

Beschreibung

Hardcover. Asia Minor under Rome was one of the wealthiest and most developed parts of the Empire, but there have been few modern studies of its economics. The twelve papers in this book, by an international team of scholars, work from literary texts, inscriptions, coinage and archaeology. They study the direct impact of Roman rule; the organisation of large agricultural estates; changing patterns of olive production; threats to rural prosperity from pests and the animal world; inter-regional trade in the Black Sea; the significance of civic market buildings; the economic role of temples and sanctuaries; the contribution of private benefactors to civic finances; monetization in the third century AD, and the effect of transitory populations on local economic activity. Asia Minor under Rome was one of the wealthiest and developed parts of the Empire, but there have been few modern studies of its economics. This book includes twelve papers that study the direct impact of Roman rule; the organisation of large agricultural estates; changing patterns of olive production; and, inter-regional trade in the Black Sea. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781905125029

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Patterns in the Economy of Roman Asia Minor (Hardcover)
• Verlag: Classical Press of Wales, Swansea
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 190512502X
• ISBN-13: 9781905125029
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: new

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Inhaltsangabe

Asia Minor under Rome was one of the wealthiest and most developed parts of the Empire, but there have been few modern studies of its economics. The twelve papers in this book, by an international team of scholars, work from literary texts, inscriptions, coinage and archaeology. They study the direct impact of Roman rule; the organisation of large agricultural estates; changing patterns of olive production; threats to rural prosperity from pests and the animal world; inter-regional trade in the Black Sea; the significance of civic market buildings; the economic role of temples and sanctuaries; the contribution of private benefactors to civic finances; monetization in the third century AD, and the effect of transitory populations on local economic activity.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Stephen Mitchell is Leverhulme Professor of Hellenistic Culture at the University of Exeter and a fellow of the British Academy. His previous books include Anatolia. Land, Men and Gods in Asia Minor (OUP 1993) and monographs on the Asia Minor cities of Cremna (1995) and Pisidian Antioch (1998), both published by the Classical Press of Wales. Constantina Katsari completed her Ph.D at University College London on coinage and the economy of the Roman East and is now a lecturer in ancient history at the University of Leicester.