From Rome to Byzantium: Trade and Continuity in the First Millennium AD - Softcover

Green, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 144521959X ISBN 13: 9781445219592

Publisher: Lulu Press, Inc., 2009

Synopsis

This book comprises three closely related studies, namely 'The Nature of Trade in the Roman Mediterranean,c. 200 BC-AD 600'; 'Decline and Recovery: Byzantine Trade, c. 600-1150'; and 'Urban Change and Continuity in Roman and Byzantine Corinth'. In addition, a translation of the 'Rhodian Sea-Law', an important text for maritime trading history, is included as an appendix. 'From Rome to Byzantium' provides a detailed overview of trading activity in the Roman and Byzantine Mediterranean, grounded in recent archaeological research. In particular, it is argued that an element of 'free trade' played a significant role in the direction and nature of trading in Classical and Late Antiquity. It is also suggested that the so-called 'Dark Ages' of the seventh and eighth centuries saw more continuity in terms of both commercial activity and urban life than is sometimes admitted.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lulu Press, Inc.
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 144521959X
• ISBN 13: 9781445219592
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 68