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Rome's Imperial Economy : Twelve Essays.
Imperial Rome has a name for wealth and luxury, but was the economy of the Roman Empire as a whole a success, by the standards of pre-modern economies? In this volume W.V. Harris brings together eleven previously published papers on this much-argued subject, with additional comments to bring them up...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Imperial Rome has a name for wealth and luxury, but was the economy of the Roman Empire as a whole a success, by the standards of pre-modern economies? In this volume W.V. Harris brings together eleven previously published papers on this much-argued subject, with additional comments to bring them up to date. A new study of poverty and destitution provides a fresh perspective on the question of the Roman Empire's economic performance, and a substantial introduction ties thecollection together. Harris tackles difficult but essential questions, such as how slavery worked, what role the state pla. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (385 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191616495 0191616494 1283222965 9781283222969 |