The Grain Market in the Roman Empire: A Social, Political and Economic Study (Hardback)
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Short Description for The Grain Market in the Roman Empire Offers a contemporary approach to the crucial issue of the supply of grain in the Roman Empire.
Full description- Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 19 December 2005
- Format: Hardback 372 pages
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- Categories: Economic History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9780521838788 ISBN 10: 0521838789
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Full description for The Grain Market in the Roman Empire
This book explores the economic, social and political forces that shaped the grain market in the Roman Empire. Examining studies on food supply and the grain market in pre-industrial Europe, it addresses questions of productivity, division of labour, market relations and market integration. The social and political aspects of the Roman grain market are also considered. Dr Erdkamp illustrates how entitlement to food in Roman society was dependent on relations with the emperor, his representatives and the landowning aristocracy, and local rulers controlling the towns and hinterlands. He assesses the response of the Roman authorities to weaknesses in the grain market and looks at the implications of the failure of local harvests. By examining the subject from a contemporary perspective, this book will appeal not only to historians of ancient economies, but to all concerned with the economy of grain markets, a subject which still resonates today.
