Trading Communities in the Roman World: A Micro-Economic and Institutional Perspective: 37 (Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition) - Hardcover

Taco T. Terpstra

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004238603 ISBN 13: 9789004238602

Publisher: BRILL, 2013

Synopsis

In Trading Communities, Taco Terpstra shows that long-distance trade in the Roman Empire was conducted through foreign trading communities living overseas, held together by ethnic and geographical identity.

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Review:

"In short, the essential parameters of Terpstra's model provide a useful framework by which to explain certain evident successes of Roman trade. Contrasting his focused thematic volume with recent broader monographs by Bang and Temin, Terpstra declares "no such lofty aspirations" (pg. 7), and indeed the present work approaches a thinner slice of Roman trade. On these terms and more, it is undeniably successful, elucidating beautifully many details of one critical socioeconomic component of a broader model of Roman connectivity." Justin Leidwanger, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2014.05.30.

About the Author:

Taco Terpstra, Ph.D. (2011), Columbia University, specializes in Roman socio-economic history and classical archaeology. He has published articles on Roman long-distance trade and editions of Egyptian papyri, as well as articles resulting from his field work in ancient Stabiae.

About this edition

• Publisher: BRILL
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 9004238603
• ISBN 13: 9789004238602
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 262