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From Rome to Byzantium: Trade and Continuity in the First Millennium AD
Tom Green
出版Lulu.com, 2009-11-03
主題Business & Economics / International / Economics & TradeHistory / GeneralHistory / Ancient / RomeHistory / Byzantine Empire
ISBN144521959X9781445219592
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=qtcdAwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This book comprises three closely related studies, namely 'The Nature of Trade in the Roman Mediterranean,c. 200 BC'AD 600'; 'Decline and Recovery: Byzantine Trade, c. 600'1150'; and 'Urban Change and Continuity in Roman and Byzantine Corinth'. In addition, a translation of the 'Rhodian Sea-Law', an important text for maritime trading history, is included as an appendix. 'From Rome to Byzantium' provides a detailed overview of trading activity in the Roman and Byzantine Mediterranean, grounded in recent archaeological research. In particular, it is argued that an element of 'free trade' played a significant role in the direction and nature of trading in Classical and Late Antiquity. It is also suggested that the so-called 'Dark Ages' of the seventh and eighth centuries saw more continuity in terms of both commercial activity and urban life than is sometimes admitted.