This volume presents eighteen papers by leading Roman historians and archaeologists
discussing trade in the Roman Empire during the period c. 100 BC to AD 350. It focuses …

This book is a revised and enlarged version of my PhD thesis in History (Worlds Apart
Trading Together—the organisation of long-distance trade between the Mediterranean and …

The availability of reliable commercial information is considered a key feature of inter-
regional trade if the Roman economy was highly integrated. However, the extent to which …

The economy of ancient Rome, with its long-range trade, widespread moneylending, and
companies of government contractors, was surprisingly modern. Yet Romans also …

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This dissertation explores the relationship between empire-building and economic change
during the formative process of the Qin Empire. It employs transmitted and excavated textual …

The Roman Empire has long held pride of place in the collective memory of scholars,
politicians, and the general public in the western world. In Money, Culture, and Well-Being in …

This article examines Roman travel. It seeks to show how deeply travel was woven into the
fabric of the ancient world and how many aspects of the Roman experience relate to it …

Intoxication in the Ancient Greek and Roman World considers the psychotropic plants used
in the ancient world and ancient attitudes towards intoxication. Alan Sumler surveys primary …

This chapter argues that existing approaches to the study of the Roman economy need to be
complemented with formal computational tools that enable comparisons of complex …