Trading communities in the Roman world : a micro-economic and institutional perspective / / by Taco T. Terpstra.
Ancient Roman trade was severely hampered by slow transportation and by the absence of a state that helped traders enforce their contracts. In Trading Communities in the Roman World: A Micro-Economic and Institutional Perspective Taco Terpstra offers a new explanation of how traders in the Roman Emp...
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Columbia studies in the classical tradition,
v. 37 Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition 37. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Intra-community exchange and the use of law in Puteoli
- Interaction
- Inter-community exchange and the role of trading stations in Puteoli
- Coalitions of foreign merchants and shipowners in Ostia
- Inter-community trade and the City of Rome
- Roman traders in the province of Asia
- Bibliography
- Index.