Harris, William V.

Rome's imperial economy twelve essays / [electronic resource] : W.V. Harris. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - xiv, 370 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Structures. On the applicability of the concept of class in Roman history ; Poverty and destitution in the Roman Empire -- Slavery. Towards a study of the Roman slave trade ; Demography, geography, and the sources of Roman slaves -- Production. Roman terracotta lamps : the organization of an industry ; Production, distribution, and instrumentum domesticum -- Trade. Trade [70-192 AD] ; Trade and the river Po : a problem in the economic history of the Roman Empire ; Roman governments and commerce, 300 BC-AD 300 -- Money. A revisionist view of Roman money -- Overviews. The Roman economy in the Late Republic, 133-31 BC ; Between archaic and modern : some current problems in the economic history of the High Roman Empire.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780191616495 (electronic bk.)




Rome--Economic conditions--30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Rome--Social conditions.


Electronic books.

HC39 / .H37 2011

330.937