Trading communities in the Roman world : a micro-economic and institutional perspective /

Trading communities in the Roman world : a micro-economic and institutional perspective /

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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Main Author: Terpstra, Taco T.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2013.

Series: Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition 37.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248663.

Subjects:

Microeconomics.
Social archaeology > Rome.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Commerce
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Marketing / General
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Sales & Selling / General
Rome > Commerce > History.
Rome (Italy) > History > To 476.

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Call Number: HF377 .T47 2013

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • I. Intra-Community Exchange and the Use of Law in Puteoli
  • II. Inter-Community Exchange and the Role of Trading Stations in Puteoli
  • III. Coalitions of Foreign Merchants and Shipowners in Ostia
  • IV. Inter-Community Trade and the City of Rome
  • V. Roman Traders in the Province of Asia
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition.