Structure and Scale in the Roman Economy - Brossura

Duncan-Jones, Richard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521892899 ISBN 13: 9780521892896

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Riassunto

This book explores central areas of the Roman economy and the ways those areas connect and interact.

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Descrizione del libro

Duncan-Jones presents a series of studies and debates on interlocking themes which explore central areas of the Roman economy and the ways those areas connect and interact. The studies are grouped into five sections: Time and Distance, Demography and Manpower, Agrarian Patterns, The World of Cities, and Tax-payment and Tax-assessment.

Contenuti

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Time and Distance: 1. Communication-speed and contact by sea in the Roman empire; 2. Trade, taxes and money; 3. Separation and cohesion in Mediterranean trade; 4. Stability and change; Part II. Demography and Manpower: 5. Age-awareness in the Roman world; 6. Roman life-expectancy; 7. Pay and numbers in Diocletian's army; Part III. Agrarian Patterns: 8. Land and landed wealth; 9. The price of wheat in Roman Egypt; Part IV. The World of Cities: 10. The social cost of urbanisation; 11. Who paid for public building?; Part V. Tax-Payment and Tax-Assessment: 12. Taxation in money and taxation in kind; 13. Land, taxes and labour: implications of the iugum; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521892899
• ISBN 13: 9780521892896
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 262
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile