Upper corners slightly bumped else fine. ; Les horrea, édifices de stockage et de rangement, font partie intégrante des circuits d'approvisionnement du monde méditerranéen antique. Leur utilisation relève d'une nécessité économique et politique et renvoie à un contrôle des ressources exercé à différentes échelles, selon des logiques différenciées et pour des durées plus ou moins longues. À travers l'étude des différents types d'entrepôts de la période romaine, le présent ouvrage se propose d'analyser les logiques du stockage et les réseaux de distribution et de redistribution dans le monde méd... View More...
A couple of corners very slightly bumped. ; Egypt, with its ever-growing wealth of evidence from the papyri, has in recent decades been one of the liveliest areas of scholarship on the later Roman Empire. This volume collects two dozen articles on the social, economic, and administrative history of Egypt. In these studies some of the main themes of Roger Bagnall's work are visible, in particular attempts to explore the possibilities for quantifying not only questions like the burden of taxation or the distribution of land-ownership, but more tantalizing and controversial matters like the rate ... View More...
DJ is a bit yellowed with very slight waviness. Faint soiling to DJ spine. Front wrap is foxed. Light foxing to top of textblock. Gift inscription from Zeph Stewart to Goolds in pen on ffep: "For George and Philippa with affectionate regards, Zeph". ; Pp.319-616, LXX. Text in Italian. ; Storia E Civiltà Dei Greci 8; 367 pages; Signed by Contributor View More...
Still in Plastic. ; Impact of Empire (Roman Empire, 27 B. C. - A. D. 406; 288 pages; This collection of studies forms the proceedings of the second workshop of the international thematic network `Impact of Empire' (Roman Empire c.200 BC-AD 476) held in Nottingham in 2001. This workshop brought together ancient historians, archaeologists and classicists to reflect on the economic life of the Mediterranean region and its European hinterland resulting from the Roman presence and imperial rule. Subjects include economic integration, taxes, state transport, military supply, markets, food riots, the... View More...
Light shelfwear to boards. Dust jacket is chipped along top edge and bottom of spine. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Former owner's name on ffep. ; The first detailed picture of the population policies of the Western Empire, and their effects on its government service. This analysis throws new light on the economic and social legislation of Diocletian, Constantine and their successors. ; Jerome Lectures; 169 pages View More...
Light edgewear to wraps. Minor shelfwear. Some scuffing to textblock. ; La tarda antichità è spesso descritta come una "età dell'oro", intendendo con questa espressione che il sistema monetario dei secoli IV-VII si sarebbe strutturato soprattutto sulle coniazioni nel metallo più prezioso, attraverso cioè un vero e proprio "ancoramento all'oro" dell'intera struttura economica e dei prezzi. Il solido, moneta introdotta da Costantino, diventa così uno dei simboli per eccellenza del tardo Impero romano. Questo volume mira ad analizzare e approfondire in maniera sistematica gli aspetti sociali, eco... View More...
Very faint bumping to lower edge of front board. Else book is fine. Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; The focus of this book is on the Italic people of Apulia during the fourth century B. C. , when Italic culture seems to have reached its peak of affluence. Scholars have largely ignored these people and the region they inhabited. During the past several decades archaeologists have made significant progress in revealing the cultures of Apulia through excavations of habitation sites and un-plundered tombs, often published in Italian journals. This book makes the broad range of recent scholarship ? from ... View More...
Creasing to upper corner of front wrap. Laminate lifting along lower edge. Crease to spine. Minor shelfwear. ; L?histoire de Délos à l?époque classique est indissociable de celle d?Athènes : depuis la fondation de la Ligue de Délos en 478, les Athéniens sont les administrateurs du sanctuaire d?Apollon délien et, si la cité de Délos se maintient au cours des Ve et IVe siècles, ce n?est que dans l?orbite d?Athènes qu?elle peut exister. L?histoire de Délos classique se laisse essentiellement appréhender par les inscriptions et plus particulièrement les actes administratifs athéniens du sanctuaire... View More...
With an introduction by Vladimir G. Simkhovitch. Looks at the development of the institution of the Roman colonate and its intimate connection with the decline of ancient civilization and persistance through most of the Middle Ages. ; Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law, V. 117, No. 1, Whole No. 260; 333 pages View More...
Light rubbing to extremities. DJ has minor browning and a couple of small closed tears. ; 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. Offers a study in the adaptation of a social system to economic realities. ; 224 pages View More...
Very light shelfwear to book. DJ has light yellowing to DJ spine. ; 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. Offers a study in the adaptation of a social system to economic realities. ; 224 pages View More...
Dustjacket has tiny chip to bottom of spine. ; 1 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 196 pages; Linking the domestic politics and the commercial expansion of Genoa to the Byzantine Empire, Day illuminates the Genoese contributions to the Commercial Revolution of the twelfth century. Discussing the importance of family structures, he tells the story of the Italian city's emergence from feudalism to bourgeois society. View More...
Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Very light shelfwear to book. ; Examines the causes for the phenomenon of relocation during the archaic and classical periods, in which dozens of Greek cities moved from one site to another. Also investigates how the Greeks made the relocated cities work: how they managed distant landholdings, how mixed populations were integrated into one civic body, and how a polis was affected by incorporation into a megalopolis. ; Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture; 1.09 x 8.8 x 5.76 Inches; 257 pages View More...
Very light edgewear to corners of wraps. ; 0.69 x 8.96 x 6 Inches; 320 pages; This book discusses minting and financial policy in the first three centuries of the Roman Empire. By studying Roman coin-survivals in a wider context, the author uncovers important facts about the origin of coin hoards of the Principate. The resulting analyses use extensive coin material collected for the first time. Dr. Duncan-Jones builds up a picture of minting, financial policy and monetary circulation that adds substantially to our knowledge and that stands as the only study of its kind for this period. View More...
No internal indication of former library status, but remnants of label stuck to spine with tape stains. Some ink underlining in the table of contents and introduction (4-5 pp) with number inked to ffep, some foxing to textblock, errata sheet glued to title, else Very Good. ; Xvi, 396pp. ; 396 pages View More...
Binding rubbed at extremities, small chip to top edge of front board, a couple of corners bumped; light tanning to pages. Else book is Very Good. Dustjacket is tattered and torn with chipping. DJ is price-clipped now in mylar. ; Xiii, 198pp. ; 198 pages View More...
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Light scratches and rubbing. 1 light bump to foredge of rear board. Lower front corner is frayed and worn with exposed board at corner. ; Xiii, 198pp. ; 198 pages View More...
Minor shelfwear. Small abrasion area to inner cover. Else fine. ; Reprint of 1952 edition. ; Greek History Series; 332 pages; Looks at the social and economic aspects of land-credit relationships as well as the juristic In the city of Athens. View More...
Slight water-Staining to about 15 pages (coffee? ) with some staining. Else book is VG. DJ is worn with chipping and a few tears. One small piece missing from bottom corner of DJ. ; Contents (Major headings) : Upper-Class Apartment Housing in Ostia and Rome; The Social Institutions of the Roman Rental Market; Introduction to the Jurists' Treatment of Urban Leasehold; The Roman Law of Urban Leasehold; Recognition of Interests in Roman Lease Law; Roman Jurisprudence as an Instrument of Social Control. ; 251 pages View More...
Gift inscription to titlepage from editor (Peter Garnsey). Light knock to base of spine. Corners have light creasing. Mild shelfwear. ; A theme of the volume is that a combination of natural and artificial shortages made inevitable the bulk movement of staples between regions in all periods of antiquity. Novel contributions are offered in addition in relation to the cost of shipping, the extent of long-distance trade in wine, the relative demand for wheat and barley, the incidence and gravity of food crises, the efficiency of famine-relief measures and the part played by food shortages in the ... View More...
Pages a bit tanned. Tiny faint stain to rear wrap. Else very light shelfwear. ; A theme of the volume is that a combination of natural and artificial shortages made inevitable the bulk movement of staples between regions in all periods of antiquity. Novel contributions are offered in addition in relation to the cost of shipping, the extent of long-distance trade in wine, the relative demand for wheat and barley, the incidence and gravity of food crises, the efficiency of famine-relief measures and the part played by food shortages in the collapse of the late Roman frontier system. ; Cambridge ... View More...
Light yellowing to spine and rear wraps. Minor shelfwear. ; The Norton Library; 402 pages; This book gives an account of the workaday world which lay behind the political, religious, intellectual, and artistic life of ancient Greece. View More...
DJ is price-clipped. Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and small tears. ; Contents: Provincial Tribute under the Early Empire; Setting of taxation in the early fourth century; Iugum and capitatio; Three meanings of Caput; From Caput to Colonate; How was provincial land taxed in the early Empire? The exclusion of the imperial government from local economies; The effect of iuga and capita upon the integrity of local economies. ; Phoenix Supplementary Volume; 165 pages View More...
Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). Light bumping to upper corners. DJ spine a bit sunned. Minor edgewear to DJ. ; 9.7 X 7.5 X 1.0 inches; 192 pages View More...
Checkmarks inscribed on table of Contents. Soiling to boards and textblock. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1933. Translated by L. M. Frazer and D. C. Macgregor. ; 9.25 x 1 x 6.25 Inches; 187 pages View More...
Light rubbing. Minor shelfwear to book. ; Boreas, Uppsala Studies in Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Civilizations 24; 10.2 X 7.4 X 0.4 inches; 204 pages View More...
Very minor shelfwear. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1885 Edition. The most remarkable story of ancient China's commercial and diplomatic relations with the Roman world. Based on numerous Chinese documents uncovered by the author during several years of research in China during the late 19th century. ; 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.4 Inches; 329 pages View More...
With 55 Illustrations. Contents: Trade of the Pre-Classical Era; Greek Traders andTrading - The Classical Period; The Import Trade - Principally Corn; Exports and Industrial Production; State Attitudes to Trade and Traders; Finance and Banking; Trades and Crafts; Land, Agriculture and other Cultivation; Mining; States other than Athens: A Brief Survey into the Hellenistic Period. ; Aspects of Greek & Roman Life; 256 pages View More...
Signed by author on ffep: "To Alan Bowman, with my best wishes, Toni Naco". Very minor shelfwear else Fine. ; BAR International Series 1158; 309 pages; Signed by Author View More...
Endpapers tanned. Upper corners slightly bumped. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1949 edition. ; 344 pages; An economic study of Byzantine Egypt presenting material from literature, papyri, and excavations dealing with Egypt from the age of Diocletian to the Arab conquest. View More...
Wear to front corners (creasing). Light shelfwear otherwise. ; Papers and Monographs of the Finnish Institute At Athens Vol. 5; 328 pages; Looks at the production of Late Roman Athenian lamps, their chronology and iconography. View More...
Tears to wrap spine ends (2cm). Creasing to front wrap. ; Contents: Inflation and the economy in the fourth century A. D. (C. R. Whittaker) ; The Economy of Egypt in the earlier fourth century (A. K. Bowman) ; Role et distribution de bronze de 348 à 392 / Distribution and the role of the bronze coinage from 348-392 (J. P. Callu) ; Privata from Diocletian to Theodosius: documentary evidence (F. Millar) ; Sacra Largitiones, revenues, expenditure and the production of coin (C. E. King) ; Frappes et trésors d'argent de 324 à 392 / Silver hoards and emissions from 324 to 392 (J P Callu) ; Fairy gol... View More...
Appears to have been rebound in black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Light rubbing to boards. Light sunning to spine. Scholar's name to ffep (E. Badian). ; 2 maps at back / Mit zwei Karten. ; Abhandlungen Des Archäologisch-Epigraphischen Seminares Der Universität Wien; Heft 3; 214 pages View More...
Minor edgewear to wraps. ; The invention of coinage in ancient Greece provided an arena in which rival political groups struggled to imprint their views on the world. Here Leslie Kurke analyzes the ideological functions of Greek coinage as one of a number of symbolic practices that arise for the first time in the archaic period. By linking the imagery of metals and coinage to stories about oracles, prostitutes, Eastern tyrants, counterfeiting, retail trade, and games, she traces the rising egalitarian ideology of the polis, as well as the ongoing resistance of an elitist tradition to that deve... View More...
Minor stain to upper edge of front wrap. Else minor shelfwear. ; Skrifter Utgivna Av Svenska Institutet I Athen / Acta Instituti Atheniensis Regni Sueciae, Series in 4°, XIX; 80 pages View More...
