{"product_id":"structure-and-scale-in-the-roman-economy-hardback-9780521354776","title":"Structure and Scale in the Roman Economy (Hardback) 9780521354776","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStructure and Scale in the Roman Economy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book explores central areas of the Roman economy and the ways those areas connect and interact.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Duncan-Jones (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521354776, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 April 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages, 29 b\/w illus.  51 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.536 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book by the author of The Economy of the Roman Empire: Quantitative Studies considers important interlocking themes. Did the Roman Empire have a single 'national' economy, or was its economy localised and fragmented? Can coin and pottery survivals demonstrate the importance of long-distance trade? How fast did essential news travel by sea, and what does that imply about Mediterranean sailing-patterns? Further subjects considered include taxation, commodity-prices, demography, and army pay and manpower. The book is very wide-ranging in its geographical coverage and in the evidence that it explores. By analysing specific features of the economy the contrasting discussions examine important questions about its character and limitations, and about how surviving evidence should be interpreted. The book throws new and significant light on the economic life of Europe and the Mediterranean in antiquity, and will be valuable to ancient historians and students of European economic history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Time and Distance: 1. Communication-speed and contact by sea in the Roman empire\u003cbr\u003e 2. Trade, taxes and money\u003cbr\u003e 3. Separation and cohesion in Mediterranean trade\u003cbr\u003e 4. Stability and change\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Demography and Manpower: 5. Age-awareness in the Roman world\u003cbr\u003e 6. Roman life-expectancy\u003cbr\u003e 7. Pay and numbers in Diocletian's army\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Agrarian Patterns: 8. Land and landed wealth\u003cbr\u003e 9. The price of wheat in Roman Egypt\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The World of Cities: 10. The social cost of urbanisation\u003cbr\u003e 11. Who paid for public building?\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Tax-Payment and Tax-Assessment: 12. Taxation in money and taxation in kind\u003cbr\u003e 13. Land, taxes and labour: implications of the iugum\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007123214616,"sku":"9780521354776","price":91.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521354776i_25010f10-91bf-4941-9fb4-e0fde412a113.jpg?v=1691375625","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/structure-and-scale-in-the-roman-economy-hardback-9780521354776","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}