Banking and Business in the Roman World (Key Themes in Ancient History)

Brand: Cambridge University Press

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$56.39 - $57.69
UPC:
9780521389327
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
11/13/1999
Author:
Jean Andreau
Language:
french,english
Edition:
1st Paperback Edition
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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.