Trade, Commerce, and the State in the Roman World
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| Author | : Andrew Wilson |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 679 |
| Release | : 2018 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780198790662 |
| ISBN-13 | : 019879066X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Trade, Commerce, and the State in the Roman World by : Andrew Wilson
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, focusing especially on the role of the Roman state in shaping the institutional framework for trade. As part of a novel interdisciplinary approach to the subject, the chapters address its myriad facets on the basis of broadly different sources of evidence - historical, papyrological, andarchaeological - demonstrating how collaborations with the elite holders of wealth within the empire fundamentally changed its political character in the longer term.
