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The origins of the Roman economy : From the Iron Age to the early republic in a Mediterranean perspective / Gabriele Cifani.

"In this book, Gabriele Cifani reconstructs the early economic history of Rome, from the Iron Age to the early Republic. Bringing a multidisciplinary approach to the topic, he argues that the early Roman economy was more diversified than has been previously acknowledged, going well beyond agric...

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Main Author: Cifani, Gabriele (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Rome > Economic conditions.
Rome > Social conditions.
Rome > History > Kings, 753-510 B.C.
Rome > History > Republic, 510-265 B.C.
Social conditions.
Economic history.
Rome (Empire)
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Notes on the geographical context of early Rome
  • The beginnings of a longue durĂ©e
  • The Early Iron Age (Latial Phases II and III)
  • A settlement unlike others : the economic and cultural background to the rise of Rome
  • Latial Phase IV (730-580 BC)
  • Latial Phase IVA (730-640 BC)
  • Latial Phase IVB (640-580 BC)
  • The Archaic Phase (580-500 BC)
  • Modelling demography and consumption
  • Places and institutions in the archaic Roman economy
  • The economics of the early calendar
  • The early Latins overseas
  • The fifth century BC
  • Crisis and opportunities in the fifth century BC
  • The fourth century BC
  • Fourth-century transformations and the end of the archaic economy.

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