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Metropolis and Hinterland: The City of Rome and the Italian Economy, 200 BC-AD 200

By Neville Morley

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1996
ISBN
0521893313, 0521560063, 0511518587, 9780511518584, 9780521560061, 9780521893312
LCC
HC39 .M67 1996
Open Library ID
OL7767964M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
1 MB (1303108 bytes)
Pages
223\223
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book studies the growth of the city of Rome and the effects of the city's demands for food and migrants on the economy of Italy. It seeks to question the idea that all great cities, especially in the ancient world, were parasites on the societies that supported them. On the contrary, the growth of Rome promoted development in agriculture, marketing systems and urbanization in Italy. The book reappraises not only the traditional view of Rome as a consumer city but also the history of Italy in the late Republic and early Principate.

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