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Banking and Business in the Roman World

Book information

Year
1999
ISBN
0521389321, 9780521389327, 0521380316, 9780521380317, 9780511006791
LCC
HG186.R75 A5313 1999
Open Library ID
OL385647M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
826 kB (845725 bytes)
Series
Key Themes in Ancient History
Pages
200\197
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This is the first book to present a synthetic view of Roman banking and financial life from the fourth century BC to the end of the third century AD. It describes the business deals of the elite and the professional bankers and the interventions of the state. It shows to what extent the spirit of profit and enterprise predominated over the traditional values of Rome, what economic role these financiers played, and how that role compares with that of their later counterparts.

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