The Roman market economy /

Temin, Peter

The Roman market economy / Peter Temin - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013 - xii, 299p. 24cm.

The quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people living before the Industrial Revolution. This title uses the tools of modern economics to show how trade, markets, and the Pax Romana were critical to ancient Rome's prosperity.

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Rome-- Commerce
Rome-- Economic conditions
Rome-- Economic policy

330.937 / TEM

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