Urban centers have inner and outer landscapes whose physical remains can be read as the
materialization of social, political, economic, and ritual interactions. Inner landscapes are …

Different methods of estimating the Gross Domestic Product of the Roman Empire in the
second century CE produce convergent results that point to total output and consumption …

In recent years, a number of classical scholars have turned their attention to prostitution in
the ancient world. Close examination of the social and legal position of Roman meretrices …

In The Open Sea, JG Manning offers a major new history of economic life in the
Mediterranean world in the Iron Age, from Phoenician trading down to the Hellenistic era …

The World of the'Fullo'takes a detailed look at the fullers, craftsmen who dealt with high-
quality garments, of Roman Italy. Analyzing the social and economic worlds in which the …

The economy of the Roman Empire was predominantly agrarian: Roman landowners,
agricultural laborers, and small tenant farmers were highly dependent upon one another for …

The world's first known empires took shape in Mesopotamia between the eastern shores of
the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf, beginning around 2350 BCE. The next 2,500 …

This Companion provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Roman Republican
history as it is currently practiced. Highlights recent developments, including archaeological …

Greece and Rome were quintessentially urban societies. Ancient culture, politics and society
arose and developed in the context of the polis and the civitas. In modern scholarship, the …

The greatness of a state, and the happiness of its subjects... are commonly allowed to be
inseparable with regard to commerce; and as private men receive greater security, in the …