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This edited collection, featuring sixteen contributions from leading Roman historians and archaeologists, sheds new light on approaches to the economic history of urban craftsmen and traders in the Roman world.
List of contents
- Introduction
- Part I: Approaches
- 1: Miko Flohr and Andrew Wilson: Roman Craftsmen and Traders: Towards an Intellectual History
- 2: Carla Salvaterra and Alessandro Cristofori: Twentieth Century Italian Research on Craftsmen, Traders, and their Professional Organizations in the Roman World
- 3: Jean-Pierre Brun: The Archaeology of Ancient Urban Workshops: A French Approach?
- Part II: Strategies
- 4: Candace Rice: Mercantile Specialization and Trading Communities: Economic Strategies in Roman Maritime Trade
- 5: Kai Ruffing: Driving Forces for Specialization: Market, Location Factors, Productivity Improvements
- 6: Carol van Driel-Murray: Fashionable Footwear: Craftsmen and Consumers in the North-West Provinces of the Roman Empire
- 7: Nicolas Monteix: Contextualizing the Operational Sequence: Pompeian Bakeries as a Case Study
- Part III: People
- 8: Christel Freu: Disciplina, patrocinium, nomen: The Benefits of Apprenticeship in the Roman World
- 9: Lena Larsson Lovén: Women, Trade, and Production in the Urban Centres of Roman Italy
- 10: Wim Broekaert: Freedmen and Agency in Roman Business
- 11: Nicolas Tran: The Social Organization of Commerce and Crafts in Ancient Arles: Heterogeneity, Hierarchy, and Patronage
- 12: Ilias Arnaoutoglou: Hierapolis and its Professional Associations: A Comparative Analysis
- Part IV: Space
- 13: Penelope Goodman: Working Together: Clusters of Artisans in the Roman City
- 14: Kerstin Dross-Krüpe: Spatial Concentration and Dispersal of Roman Textile Crafts
- 15: Orsolya Láng: Industry and Commerce in the City of Aquincum
- 16: Jeroen Poblome: The Potters of Ancient Sagalassos Revisited
- Index
About the author
Andrew Wilson is Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire at the University of Oxford.
Miko Flohr is a Lecturer in Ancient History at Leiden University.
Summary
This edited collection, featuring sixteen contributions from leading Roman historians and archaeologists, sheds new light on approaches to the economic history of urban craftsmen and traders in the Roman world.
Additional text
Urban craftsmen and traders in the Roman world must be counted a valuable contribution to Roman economic history.
