Banking and Business in the Roman World - Couverture souple

Andreau, Jean

 
9780521389327: Banking and Business in the Roman World
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521389321 ISBN 13 : 9780521389327
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

In the first century BC lending and borrowing by the senators was the talk of Rome and even provoked political crises. During this same period, the state tax-farmers were handling enormous sums and exploiting the provinces of the Empire. Until now no book has presented a synthetic view of Roman banking and financial life as a whole, from the time of the appearance of the first bankers' shops in the Forum between 318 and 310 BC down to the end of the Principate in AD 284. Professor Andreau writes of the business deals of the elite and the professional bankers and also of the interventions of the state. To what extent did the spirit of profit and enterprise predominate over the traditional values of the city of Rome? And what economic role did these financiers play? How should we compare that role to that of their counterparts in later periods.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In the first century BC lending and borrowing by the senators was the talk of Rome and even provoked political crises. During this same period, the state tax-farmers were handling enormous sums and exploiting the provinces of the Empire. Until now no book has presented a synthetic view of Roman banking and financial life as a whole, from the time of the appearance of the first bankers' shops in the Forum between 318 and 310 BC down to the end of the Principate in AD 284. Professor Andreau writes of the business deals of the elite and the professional bankers and also of the interventions of the state. To what extent did the spirit of profit and enterprise predominate over the traditional values of the city of Rome? And what economic role did these financiers play? How should we compare that role to that of their counterparts in later periods.

Revue de presse

'... a nice new interpretation of tesserae nummulariae, Roman interest rates, the rarity of state intervention in financial matters, and lack of public borrowing ... will inject new life into anglophone teaching and study of the Roman economy.' Journal of Roman Studies

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521389321
ISBN 13 
9780521389327
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
200
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ISBN 10 :  0521380316 ISBN 13 :  9780521380317
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1999
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