Fairs and Markets in the Roman Empire
Author: Luuk de Ligt
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2023-01-16
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9004525572
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Author: Luuk de Ligt
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2023-01-16
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9004525572
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ben-Zion Rosenfeld
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2022-01-04
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9047416511
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book describes commercial activity in the Jewish community in Roman Palestine and the interactions between these different components of a controlled system. The book also discusses methods for determining prices and price enforcement, the views of the different marketors, and the status of the synagogue as center of commercial activity.
Author: Joan M. Frayn
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 202
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMarkets and fairs played a fundamental part in the commerce of the Mediterranean region in the Roman period. But where were they held, and what commodities were sold there? Using evidence from archaeology, inscriptions, and literary sources, Dr. Frayn builds up a detailed picture of stalls and stallholders, profiteering, and price control in ancient Italy, and compares them with medieval and modern practices.
Author: Paul Erdkamp
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005-11-03
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 1139447688
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the economic, social and political forces that shaped the grain market in the Roman Empire. Examining studies on food supply and the grain market in pre-industrial Europe, it addresses questions of productivity, division of labour, market relations and market integration. The social and political aspects of the Roman grain market are also considered. Dr Erdkamp illustrates how entitlement to food in Roman society was dependent on relations with the emperor, his representatives and the landowning aristocracy, and local rulers controlling the towns and hinterlands. He assesses the response of the Roman authorities to weaknesses in the grain market and looks at the implications of the failure of local harvests. By examining the subject from a contemporary perspective, this book will appeal not only to historians of ancient economies, but to all concerned with the economy of grain markets, a subject which still resonates today.
Author: Joan M. Frayn
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 183
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: L. de Ligt
Publisher: Dutch Monographs on Ancient Hi
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 336
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPeriodic markets are institutions of crucial importance in all pre-industrial economies. Yet the subject has been given little atten-tion by Roman historians. The aim of this book is to remedy this state of affairs through an empire-wide study of annual, bi-annual, monthly and 'weekly' markets. The method used involves the interpretation of the ancient evidence in terms of economic and anthropo-logical theory and against the background of comparative data. Dr de Ligt starts by demonstrat-ing the continued importance of local and regional fairs throughout the im-perial period. Special attention is devoted to the role of both annual fairs and high-frequency periodic markets in the rural economy. In the second half of the book the scope of the discussion is extended to social and political aspects. Finally, the book addresses such topics as urban resistance towards neighbouring rural markets and the widespread practice of waiving customs duties for the duration of largescale religious festivals.
Author: John Donahue
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2017-08-03
Total Pages: 395
ISBN-13: 0472123173
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn its initial publication, The Roman Community at Table during the Principate broke new ground with its approach to the integral place of feasting in ancient Roman culture and the unique power of food to unite and to separate its recipients along class lines throughout the Empire. John F. Donahue’s comprehensive examination of areas such as festal terminology, the social roles of benefactors and beneficiaries, the kinds of foods offered at feasts, and the role of public venues in community banquets draws on over three hundred Latin honorary inscriptions to recreate the ancient Roman feast. Illustrations depicting these inscriptions, as well as the food supply trades and various festal venues, bring important evidence to the study of this vital and enduring social practice. A touchstone for scholars, the work remains fresh and relevant. This expanded edition of Donahue’s work includes significant new material on current trends in food studies, including the archaeology and bioarchaeology of ancient food and drink; an additional collection of inscriptions on public banquets from the Roman West; and an extensive bibliography of scholarship produced in the last ten years. It will be of interest not only to classicists and historians of the ancient world, but also to anthropologists and sociologists interested in food and social group dynamics.
Author: Claire Holleran
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2018-07-10
Total Pages: 772
ISBN-13: 111830070X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Companion to the City of Rome presents a series of original essays from top experts that offer an authoritative and up-to-date overview of current research on the development of the city of Rome from its origins until circa AD 600. Offers a unique interdisciplinary, closely focused thematic approach and wide chronological scope making it an indispensible reference work on ancient Rome Includes several new developments on areas of research that are available in English for the first time Newly commissioned essays written by experts in a variety of related fields Original and up-to-date readings pertaining to the city of Rome on a wide variety of topics including Rome’s urban landscape, population, economy, civic life, and key events
Author: Alison E. Cooley
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2016-03-21
Total Pages: 581
ISBN-13: 1444339265
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Companion to Roman Italy investigates the impact of Rome in all its forms—political, cultural, social, and economic—upon Italy’s various regions, as well as the extent to which unification occurred as Rome became the capital of Italy. The collection presents new archaeological data relating to the sites of Roman Italy Contributions discuss new theories of how to understand cultural change in the Italian peninsula Combines detailed case-studies of particular sites with wider-ranging thematic chapters Leading contributors not only make accessible the most recent work on Roman Italy, but also offer fresh insight on long standing debates
Author: Helen Tangires
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2008-04-08
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780393731675
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The accompanying CD-ROM contains high-quality downloadable TIFF files of all the illustrations."--Jaquette.