Description
Book SynopsisIt will be of interest to scholars and students of classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, as well as to professional and amateur numismatists.
Trade ReviewThis thought-provoking work... should be important reading for scholars in a variety of disciplines. It challenges, for example, the long-held belief that a large-scale drain of Roman specie went to India and the East in the early centuries of the Roman Empire and the concept that the western provinces of the Roman Empire were never completely monetized. These reinterpretations and others, presented forcefully with careful documentation, should arouse the attention of anyone interested in ancient or medieval history, economics, or numismatics. History
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Chapter 1. Coins, the Money of the Roman Economy
Chapter 2. Monetization of Roman Italy, 500–200 B.C.
Chapter 3. The Denarius and Overseas Expansion, 200–30 B.C.
Chapter 4. The Augustan Coinage, 30 B.C.–A.D 235
Chapter 5. Currencies of the Roman East, 30 B.C.–A.D 200
Chapter 6. The Great Debasement and Reform, A.D. 193–305
Chapter 7. Imperial Regulation and Reform, A.D.. 305–498
Chapter 8. The Loss of Roman Monetary Ways, A.D. 400–700
Chapter 9. Government's Aims and Needs
Chapter 10. Coins in the Cities and Markets of the Roman World
Chapter 11. Coins, Prices, and Wages
Chapter 12. Roman Coins Beyond the Imperial Frontiers
Appendix: Weights and Measures in the Roman World
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Notes
Glossary
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