The possibilities for growth in the Roman economy, as in any pre-industrial economy,
depended on changes in the rural economy that allowed the production of surpluses …

When historians of the Roman world talk about 'large estates' or 'massive properties', what
are the quantitative dimensions behind such qualitative adjectives? Quantitative analysis …

Explanation of the success and failure of the Roman economy is one of the most important
problems in economic history. As an economic system capable of sustaining high production …

The possibilities for growth in the Roman economy depended on changes in productivity in
agriculture, but these in turn were subject to the severe constraints imposed by population …

Many types of inscriptions throw light on numerous aspects of economic production,
distribution, and consumption in the Roman Empire. This chapter concentrates on …

It is a common assumption that the Roman empire was a 'world of cities'; as Ward-Perkins
put it,'the history of the classical town is in a very real sense the history of classical …

We live in an era in which economic growth at a rate of a few percentage points per year is
regarded as more or less the norm. Any lower, and we are in crisis. In all societies up until …

The Roman administration imposed restrictions on private property rights stemming largely
from fiscal concerns. It sought to accomplish two goals. First, the administration sought to …

The relationships between taxes, trade and the circulation of coin have been a fashionable
topic. from the publication of Keith Hopkins' articles on the socalled taxes-and-trade model …

The approaches that upper—class Roman landowners took toward formulating and
achieving long—term economic goals had important consequences in shaping the basic …