Monetary Systems of the Greeks and Romans

Zusatztext the book represents a well thought out and balanced piece of work. Its controversial character precisely reflects the modern state of affairs in the study of ancient monetary history, but with its appearance, we have undoubtedly moved much closer to the correct understanding of what ancient money was. Informationen zum Autor W. V. Harris is Shepherd Professor of History at Columbia University. Klappentext This collection of new essays presents a set of debates about what money was in antiquity and how it functioned. The focus is mainly on the Greeks, who were not the original inventors of coinage but were responsible for its widespread adoption, and on the Roman Empire, which developed one of the most complex of known pre-modern economies. Zusammenfassung This collection of new essays presents a set of debates about what money was in antiquity and how it functioned. The focus is mainly on the Greeks, who were not the original inventors of coinage but were responsible for its widespread adoption, and on the Roman Empire, which developed one of the most complex of known pre-modern economies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: John Kroll: The Monetary Use of Weighed Bullion in Archaic Greece 2: David M. Schaps: What Was Money in Ancient Greece and Rome? 3: Richard Seaford: Money and Tragedy 4: Edward E. Cohen: The Elasticity of the Money-Supply at Athens 5: J. G. Manning: Coinage as `Code' in Ptolemaic Egypt 6: David B. Hollander: The Demand for Money in the Late Roman Republic 7: David Kessler and Peter Temin: Money and Prices in the Early Roman Empire 8: Elio Lo Cascio: The Function of Gold Coinage in the Monetary Economy of the Roman Empire 9: W. V. Harris: The Nature of Roman Money 10: Jean Andreau: The Use and Survival of Coins and of Gold and Silver in the Vesuvian Cities 11: Constantina Katsari: The Monetization of the Roman Frontier Provinces: A Quantitative Revision 12: Walter Scheidel: The Divergent Evolution of Coinage in Eastern and Western Eurasia ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: W. V. Harris, W. V. (Shepherd Professor of History Harris
• Con la collaborazione di: W V Harris (Editore), W. V. Harris (Editore), Harris W. V. (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.02.2008
• EAN: 9780199233359
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923335-9
• Pagine: 344
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Altro; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy, HISTORY / Europe / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Economic history, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Monetary Economics, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Collecting coins, banknotes, medals and other related items