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Money in classical antiquity
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ISBN: 9780521453370 9780521459525 0521453372 0521459524 9780511763069 131608714X 1139793179 0511763069 113977879X 110725339X 1139775758 1139781782 1283817985 1139777270 9781139775755 9781283817981 9781139781787 Year: 2010 Volume: *21 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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"This is the first book to offer a comprehensive analysis of the impact of money on the economy, society and culture of the Greek and Roman World, using new approaches in economic history to explore how money affected the economy and which factors need to be considered in order to improve our understanding of ancient money. Covering a wide range of monetary contexts within the Mediterranean over almost 1000 years (c. 600 BC - AD 300) its method is comparative and specific in order to demonstrate that money plays different roles under different social and political circumstances. In line with the aim of the Key Themes Series, the book not only offers guidance to students and course directors for studying money at University level, but also some perspectives for future research to graduate students and specialists"-- "This is the first book to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the impact of money on the economy, society and culture of the Greek and Roman worlds. It uses new approaches in economic history to explore how money affected the economy in antiquity and demonstrates that the crucial factors in its increasing influence were state-formation, expanding political networks, metal supply and above all an increasing sophistication of credit and contractual law. Covering a wide range of monetary contexts within the Mediterranean over almost a thousand years (c. 600 bc - ad 300), it demonstrates that money played different roles in different social and political circumstances. The book will prove an invaluable introduction to upper-level students of ancient money, while also offering perspectives for future research to the specialist"--


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Stiftungen zwischen Politik und Wirtschaft : Geschichte und Gegenwart im Dialog
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ISBN: 9783110399752 9783110400007 9783110400120 311039975X Year: 2015 Volume: 66 Publisher: Berlin De Gruyter

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Antike Wirtschaft
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ISBN: 9783486597004 9783486852622 3486597000 Year: 2015 Volume: 10 Publisher: Berlin Walter De Gruyter Oldenbourg

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The ancient economy
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ISBN: 0748613218 0748613226 Year: 2002 Volume: *5 Publisher: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press

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Kosmos : essays in order, conflict and community in classical Athens
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ISBN: 0521525934 9780521525930 Year: 2002 Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,

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The Ancient Economy

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