The Grain Market in the Roman Empire: A Social, Political and Economic Study - Hardcover
Paul Erdkamp illustrates how entitlement to food in Roman society was dependent on relations with the emperor, his representatives and the landowning aristocracy, and local rulers controlling the towns and hinterlands. He assesses the response of the Roman authorities to weaknesses in the grain market and looks at the implications of the failure of local harvests. By examining the subject from a contemporary perspective, this book will appeal not only to historians of ancient economies, but to all concerned with the economy of grain markets, a subject which still resonates today.
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Grain was crucial to the food supply of the Roman Empire, and this study concentrates on its production, distribution and marketing. Key questions discussed include: who produced the grain sold in urban markets; was the grain market capable of supplying grain when local harvests failed; did the Roman authorities care whether ordinary people went hungry? Taking a contemporary approach to the age-old question of the supply of food, this study is essential reading for historians of ancient economies and all those interested in grain supply.
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Paul Erdkamp is Research Fellow in Ancient History at Leiden University. He is the author of Hunger and the Sword. Warfare and Food Supply in Roman Republican Wars (264-30 BC) (1998). He is the editor of The Roman Army and the Economy (1998) and A Companion to the Roman Army (2010).
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- Publication date2005
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