Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (Roman Empire, c. 200 B.C. - A.D. 476), Nottingham, July 4-7, 2001.
Did a Roman imperial economy exist under the Late Republic, the Roman Principate and the Later Roman Empire? And if so, what type of economy was it? Another equally important question is: did the Roman Empire, by specific actions, the creation of infrastructures, or its very existence, trigger a transformation of economic life in the regions which it dominated? Or was the Empire a marginal affair in the regions that belonged to it, and did economic developments take their own course, independently of the Empire? Questions like these, which are of great consequence to any student of Roman history, archaeology, and Roman law, are treated in this volume, which in its successive parts focuses on: 1. The character of the Roman economy.2. Economic life in particular regions of the Roman Empire.3. The economy of the Later Roman Empire.
Author(s): Lukas de Blois, John Rich (eds.)
Series: Impact of Empire (Roman Empire), 2
Publisher: J. C. Gieben
Year: 2002
Language: English, French, Italian
Pages: 288
City: Amsterdam
Lukas de Blois and John Rich / Preface vii
Lukas de Blois, Harry W. Pleket and John Rich / Introduction ix
Abbreviations xxi
Part 1: The Transformation of the Economy under the Roman Empire. General Issues
Peter F. Bang / Romans and Mughals. Economic Integration in a Tributary Empire 1
Willem M. Jongman / The Roman Economy: From Cities to Empire 28
Luuk de Ligt / Tax Transfers in the Roman Empire 48
Anne Kolb / Impact and Interaction of State Transport in the Roman Empire 67
José Remesal Rodríguez / Military Supply during Wartime 77
Paul P. M. Erdkamp / A Starving Mob has no Respect. Urban Markets and Food Riots in the Roman World, 100 B.C. - A.D. 400 93
Willem J. Zwalve / Callistus' Case. Some Legal Aspects of Roman Business Activities 116
Part 2: The Transformation of Economic Life under the Roman Empire. Regional Aspects
John F. Drinkwater / Prologue and Epilogue. The Socio-Economic Effect of Rome's Arrival in and Departure from Gaul 128
Philippe Leveau / Indicateurs paléoenvironnementaux et économie rurale. Le cas de la Gaule Narbonnaise 141
Jos P. A. van der Vin / Coin Use in and around Military Camps on the Lower Rhine: Nijmegen - Kops Plateau 159
Hugh W. Elton / The Economic Fringe: The Reach of the Roman Empire in Rough Cilicia 172
David J. Mattingly / Impacts beyond Empire: Rome and the Garamantes of the Sahara 184
Part 3: The Transformation of Economic Life under the Roman Empire. The Later Empire
Lukas de Blois / The Crisis of the Third Century A.D. in the Roman Empire: A Modern Myth? 204
Antonio Polichetti / Costo del lavoro e potere d'acquisto nell'Editto dei Prezzi di Diocleziano 218
Wolfgang Liebeschuetz / Unsustainable Development: The Origin of Ruined Landscapes in the Roman Empire 232
Andrew G. Poulter / Economic Collapse in the Countryside and the Consequent Transformation of City into Fortress in Late Antiquity 244
