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Zusatztext Supporting the outstanding technical material in The Romans and Trade is the excellent quality of the editing; the translation is a pleasure to read, and the typesetting and binding are of the highest calibre... It is an appropriate culmination of a superb career, accurately reflecting decades of insights into numerous facets of the Roman economy; it will be consulted by students of ancient trade and nautical archaeology alike, and it certainly belongs in the collections of individuals interested in this aspect of the Roman world. Informationen zum Autor André Tchernia graduated as Agrégé des Letters in 1960, and, after his National Service, was chosen as a member of the Ecole Française de Rome in 1963. He directed for three years an excavation in Bolsena, and specialized in the study of Roman amphorae. Back in France in 1966, he lectured in Latin at the University of Aix en Provence and became a pioneer in underwater archaeology, directing for ten years the excavation f the great Roman wreck of La Madrague de Giens. He obtained his "Doctorat d'Etat" in 1984, and published in 1986 'le vin de l'Italie romaine, essai d'histoire économique d'après les amphores'. In 1957, he was appointed deputy-director of the department of Human Sciences of the National Center for Scienntific Research. He left this post in 1990 to become "Directeur d'Etudes à l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales", where he finished his carreer. Klappentext This is the first English translation of André Tchernia's latest work Les Romains et le commerce (Centre Jean Berard, 2012). It consists of two parts: the first is an introduction and five chapters giving a new synthesis of Roman commerce; the second is a collection of previously published articles, updated and revised. Zusammenfassung This is the first English translation of André Tchernia's latest work Les Romains et le commerce (Centre Jean Berard, 2012). It consists of two parts: the first is an introduction and five chapters giving a new synthesis of Roman commerce; the second is a collection of previously published articles, updated and revised....
