Commerce and Social Standing in Ancient Rome / / John H. D'Arms.
John D'Arms explores here a question of central importance for the social economic history of the Roman world: which sectors of society were actively engaged in trade? In the late Roman Republic and early Empire senators were prohibited by law from direct participation in seaborne commerce; tra...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1981 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Edition: | Reprint 2013 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (201 p.) :; illustrations |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- 1. Traders in Roman Society: Two Approaches -- 2. Attitudes, Conduct, and Commercial Organization in the Late Republic -- 3. Senators and Commerce -- 4. Luxury, Productivity, and Decline: Villa Society on the Bay of Naples -- 5. The "Typicality" of Trimalchi -- 6. The Freedmen of Puteoli and Ostia in Imperial Economy and Society -- 7. Attitudes, Conduct, and Commercial Organization in the Early Empire -- Appendix. Augustales of Puteoli and Ostia -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | John D'Arms explores here a question of central importance for the social economic history of the Roman world: which sectors of society were actively engaged in trade? In the late Roman Republic and early Empire senators were prohibited by law from direct participation in seaborne commerce; trade was not considered a respectable pursuit. Yet large fortunes were amassed by men of rank through a variety of lucrative enterprises. Exploiting the evidence of literature, archaeology, and inscription, D'Arms constructs case histories which reveal how senators realized commercial profits by indirect involvement: freedmen, municipal notables, and "friends" often served as the equivalent of partners or agents of aristocrats with large holdings in land. In demonstrating a flexibility in upper-class attitudes toward commercial activity, he offers a study in the adaptation of a social system to economic realities. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674331198 9783110353488 9783110353563 9783110442212 |
DOI: | 10.4159/harvard.9780674331198 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | John H. D'Arms. |