Metropolis and Hinterland: The City of Rome and the Italian Economy, 200 BC-AD 200Cambridge University Press, 19 Δεκ 2002 - 224 σελίδες Ancient Rome was one of the greatest cities of the pre-industrial era. Like other such great cities, it has often been seen as a parasite, a drain on the resources of the society that supported it. Rome's huge population was maintained not by trade or manufacture but by the taxes and rents of the empire. It was the archetypal 'consumer city'. However, such a label does not do full justice to the impact of the city on its hinterland. This book examines the historiography of the consumer city model and reappraises the relationship between Rome and Italy. Drawing on recent archaeological work and comparative evidence, the author shows how the growth of the city can be seen as the major influence on the development of the Italian economy in this period as its demands for food and migrants promoted changes in agriculture, marketing systems and urbanisation throughout the peninsula. |
Περιεχόμενα
Rome and Italy | 1 |
The metropolitan city in a preindustrial economy | 13 |
The demographic burden | 33 |
A model of agricultural change | 55 |
The transformation of the Roman suburbium | 83 |
Agricultural development in central Italy | 108 |
Exploiting the margins | 143 |
Marketing and urbanisation | 159 |
Conclusion | 184 |
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Metropolis and Hinterland: The City of Rome and the Italian Economy, 200 BC ... Neville Morley Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 1996 |
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
Ager Cosanus agronomists amphorae ancient economy ancient Rome Antemnae Apulia arable archaeological argued Brunt Campania capital Carandini Cato cereals changes city of Rome city's Collatia Columella consumer city consumption corn dole cost countryside crisis crops Crustumerium cultivation decline demands economic elite empire Etruria evidence expensive export farm farmers Fidenae figure Finley Garnsey grain growth Ibid immediate hinterland important increase intensive involved Italian Italy Jongman K. D. White land landowners large numbers Latium Ligt London medieval Mediterranean metropolis migrants Neeve offered patterns peasants period plebs Pliny political Pompeii population pre-industrial economy production profitable Purcell Puteoli Quilici Rathbone region Roman Rome's rural Samnium second century B.C. Settefinestre settlement simply Sinuessa slave labour social sources South Etruria specialisation Strabo suburbium suggests supply surplus survey Tchernia theory Tibur tion town trade transhumance transport urbanisation Varro villa viticulture wine Wrigley
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