Local economies? : : production and exchange of inland regions in late antiquity / / edited by Luke Lavan.

• Superior document: Late antique archaeology ; v. 10
• TeilnehmendeR: Lavan, Luke.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill.; c2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: Hardback ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Late antique archaeology.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (652 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

The Roman economy was operated significantly above subsistence level, with production being stimulated by both taxation and trade. Some regions became wealthy on the basis of exporting low-value agricultural products across the Mediterranean. In contrast, it has usually been assumed that the high co...