Money in Classical Antiquity

This 2010 book was the first to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the impact of money on the economy, society and culture of the Greek and Roman worlds. It uses new approaches in economic history to explore how money affected the economy in antiquity and demonstrates that the crucial factors in its increasing influence were state-formation, expanding political networks, metal supply and above all an increasing sophistication of credit and contractual law. Covering a wide range of monetary contexts within the Mediterranean over almost a thousand years (c.600 BC-AD 300), it demonstrates that money played different roles in different social and political circumstances. The book will prove an invaluable introduction to upper-level students of ancient money, while also offering perspectives for future research to the specialist.

ISBN 0521459524   Pages 260 ISBN13 9780521459525 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 420 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Published in Cambridge Imprint Cambridge University Press   Series title Key Themes in Ancient History Format Paperback   Height (mm) 228 Publication date 18 Nov 2010   Width (mm) 152 DEWEY 332.493   Spine width (mm) 13 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education

		List of figures and tables
		List of maps
		Preface and acknowledgments
		Greek and Roman monetary system and coin denominations
		List of abbreviations
		Maps
		Introduction		1
1		Monetization: issues		18
2		Monetization: cases		35
3		Monetary networks		65
4		Cash and credit		92
5		Prices and price formation: issues		125
6		Prices and price formation: a case study		141
7		Sacred finance		156
		Epilogue: monetary culture		186
		Appendices		199
		Glossary		209
		Bibliographical essay		212
		References		217
		Index		234

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