The Origins of the Roman Economy
From the Iron Age to the Early Republic in a Mediterranean Perspective
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- Author: Gabriele Cifani, University of Rome Tor Vergata
- Date Published: January 2021
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- isbn: 9781108478953
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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 agriculture and pastoralism. Cifani bases his argument on a systematic review of archaeological evidence for production, trade and consumption. He posits that the existence of a network system, based on cultural interaction, social mobility, and trade, connected Rome and central Tyrrhenian Italy to the Mediterranean Basin even in this early period of Rome's history. Moreover, these trade and cultural links existed in parallel to regional, diversified economies, and institutions. Cifani's book thus offers new insights into the economic basis for the rise of Rome, as well as the social structures of Mediterranean Iron Age societies.
Read more- Provides a systematic review of production in Rome from the Bronze Age to the fourth century BC
- Analyzes the evidence of local production, trade and consumption within a Mediterranean perspective
- Includes discussion of the early Roman calendar and the origins of the modern calendar
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‘How did a single settlement in the Tiber valley become the centre of the most successful and longest-lasting of the world’s empires? In this study of Rome’s early economic history C. points us towards some of the answers.’ Michael Fallon, Classics for All
See more reviews‘… it draws on an impressive knowledge of both textual and archaeological sources, and introduces recent methodological innovations and theoretical perspectives in a synthetic treatment of early Rome’s economic development.’ Tymon de Haas, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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- Date Published: January 2021
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108478953
- length: 466 pages
- dimensions: 260 x 183 x 26 mm
- weight: 1.14kg
- contains: 68 b/w illus. 11 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Notes on the geographical context of early Rome
3. The beginnings of a longue durée
4. The Early Iron Age (Latial Phases II and III)
5. A settlement unlike others: the economic background to the rise of Rome
6. Latial Phase IV
7. Latial Phase IV A
8. Latial Phase IV B
9. The archaic phase (580–500 BC)
10. Modelling the demography and consumption
11. People, places, times and institutions of roman archaic economy
12. The economics of the early calendar
13. The early Latins overseas
14. The Fifth century BC
15. Crisis and opportunities in the fifth century BC
16. The archaeological evidence of the fourth century BC
17. The fourth century transformations and the end of the roman archaic economy
18. Epilogue
Appendices.
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