Money in Classical Antiquity (Key Themes in Ancient History)
Cambridge University Press, 11/18/2010
EAN 9780521453370, ISBN10: 0521453372
Hardcover, 260 pages, 23.5 x 15.7 x 1.6 cm
Language: English
This book was the first to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the impact of money on the economy, society and culture of the Greek and Roman worlds. It uses new approaches in economic history to explore how money affected the economy in antiquity and demonstrates that the crucial factors in its increasing influence were state-formation, expanding political networks, metal supply and above all an increasing sophistication of credit and contractual law. Covering a wide range of monetary contexts within the Mediterranean over almost a thousand years (c.600 BC–AD 300), it demonstrates that money played different roles in different social and political circumstances. The book will prove an invaluable introduction to upper-level students of ancient money, while also offering perspectives for future research to the specialist.
Introduction
1. Monetization
issues
2. Monetization
cases
3. Monetary networks
4. Cash and credit
5. Prices and price formation
issues
6. Prices and price formation
case study
7. Sacred finance
Epilogue
monetary culture
Appendices
Glossary.