Commerce and Social Standing in Ancient Rome /
D'Arms, John H.
Commerce and Social Standing in Ancient Rome / John H. D'Arms. - Reprint 2013 - 1 online resource (201 p.) : illustrations
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- 1. Traders in Roman Society: Two Approaches -- 2. Attitudes, Conduct, and Commercial Organization in the Late Republic -- 3. Senators and Commerce -- 4. Luxury, Productivity, and Decline: Villa Society on the Bay of Naples -- 5. The "Typicality" of Trimalchi -- 6. The Freedmen of Puteoli and Ostia in Imperial Economy and Society -- 7. Attitudes, Conduct, and Commercial Organization in the Early Empire -- Appendix. Augustales of Puteoli and Ostia -- Bibliography -- Index
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John D'Arms explores here a question of central importance for the social economic history of the Roman world: which sectors of society were actively engaged in trade? In the late Roman Republic and early Empire senators were prohibited by law from direct participation in seaborne commerce; trade was not considered a respectable pursuit. Yet large fortunes were amassed by men of rank through a variety of lucrative enterprises. Exploiting the evidence of literature, archaeology, and inscription, D'Arms constructs case histories which reveal how senators realized commercial profits by indirect involvement: freedmen, municipal notables, and "friends" often served as the equivalent of partners or agents of aristocrats with large holdings in land. In demonstrating a flexibility in upper-class attitudes toward commercial activity, he offers a study in the adaptation of a social system to economic realities.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674331181 9780674331198
10.4159/harvard.9780674331198 doi
Commerce.
Geschichte.
Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr.
Handel.
Romeinse rijk.
Social classes.
Sociale klassen.
Sozialgeschichte.
HISTORY / General.
Rome -- Commerce -- History.
Social classes -- Rome -- History.
HISTORY / General.
380.1/0937
Commerce and Social Standing in Ancient Rome / John H. D'Arms. - Reprint 2013 - 1 online resource (201 p.) : illustrations
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- 1. Traders in Roman Society: Two Approaches -- 2. Attitudes, Conduct, and Commercial Organization in the Late Republic -- 3. Senators and Commerce -- 4. Luxury, Productivity, and Decline: Villa Society on the Bay of Naples -- 5. The "Typicality" of Trimalchi -- 6. The Freedmen of Puteoli and Ostia in Imperial Economy and Society -- 7. Attitudes, Conduct, and Commercial Organization in the Early Empire -- Appendix. Augustales of Puteoli and Ostia -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
John D'Arms explores here a question of central importance for the social economic history of the Roman world: which sectors of society were actively engaged in trade? In the late Roman Republic and early Empire senators were prohibited by law from direct participation in seaborne commerce; trade was not considered a respectable pursuit. Yet large fortunes were amassed by men of rank through a variety of lucrative enterprises. Exploiting the evidence of literature, archaeology, and inscription, D'Arms constructs case histories which reveal how senators realized commercial profits by indirect involvement: freedmen, municipal notables, and "friends" often served as the equivalent of partners or agents of aristocrats with large holdings in land. In demonstrating a flexibility in upper-class attitudes toward commercial activity, he offers a study in the adaptation of a social system to economic realities.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674331181 9780674331198
10.4159/harvard.9780674331198 doi
Commerce.
Geschichte.
Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr.
Handel.
Romeinse rijk.
Social classes.
Sociale klassen.
Sozialgeschichte.
HISTORY / General.
Rome -- Commerce -- History.
Social classes -- Rome -- History.
HISTORY / General.
380.1/0937