Origins of the Roman Economy - From the Iron Age to the Early Republic in a Mediterranean Perspective

This book focuses on the economic history of the community of Rome from the Iron Age to the early Republic, by analysing the evidence of local production, trade and consumption within a Mediterranean perspective. It is a work for archaeologists and ancient historians.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Notes on the geographical context of early Rome; 3. The beginnings of a longue durée; 4. The Early Iron Age (Latial Phases II and III); 5. A settlement unlike others: the economic background to the rise of Rome; 6. Latial Phase IV; 7. Latial Phase IV A; 8. Latial Phase IV B; 9. The archaic phase (580-500 BC); 10. Modelling the demography and consumption; 11. People, places, times and institutions of roman archaic economy; 12. The economics of the early calendar; 13. The early Latins overseas; 14. The Fifth century BC; 15. Crisis and opportunities in the fifth century BC; 16. The archaeological evidence of the fourth century BC; 17. The fourth century transformations and the end of the roman archaic economy; 18. Epilogue; Appendices.

About the author

Gabriele Cifani is researcher of classical archaeology at the Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata and Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Ecole normale supérieure, Paris. He is the author of Storia di una frontiera (2003) and Architettura Romana Arcaica (2008).

Summary

This book focuses on the economic history of the community of Rome from the Iron Age to the early Republic, by analysing the evidence of local production, trade and consumption within a Mediterranean perspective. It is a work for archaeologists and ancient historians.

Product details

• Authors: Gabriele Cifani, Cifani Gabriele
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781108478953
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47895-3
• No. of pages: 466
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Economic history, Ancient Rome, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Mediterranean countries, c 1000 BCE to start of CE period, BCE to c 500 CE, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology