Historians have long argued about the place of trade in classical antiquity: was it the life-blood of a complex, Mediterranean-wide economic system, or a thin v

This 2007 book examines the significance of ancient trade using ecological and cultural, as well as economic, perspectives.

Trade in antiquity - its scale, status, pattern and context - is the subject of lively debate among historians. But no analysis has made a special investigation

The period from the death of Alexander the Great to the rise of the Islam (c. late fourth century BCE to seventh century CE) saw a significant growth in economi

A comprehensive analysis of the impact of money on the economy, society and culture of the Greek and Roman worlds.