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Development and crisis in ancient Rome: the role of Mediterranean trade
Entwicklung und Krise im antiken Rom: die Rolle des mediterranen Handels
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Abstract 'Between the second and the third century A.D., after centuries characterized by nearly continuous growth, the Roman Empire experienced a profound crisis. Evidence of this crisis comes from important economic signals, such as the fineness of coins and the number of shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Se... view more
'Between the second and the third century A.D., after centuries characterized by nearly continuous growth, the Roman Empire experienced a profound crisis. Evidence of this crisis comes from important economic signals, such as the fineness of coins and the number of shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea. After showing that the empire's economic decline had already begun in the second century A.D., the author will outline a hypothesis about the causes of the fall, based on the de-specialization of the Roman economic system, which prevented it from continuing its evolution towards modernity, leading it instead along a path of progressive implosion.' (author's abstract)|... view less
Keywords
production; antiquity; economic model; Roman Empire; expenditures; historical analysis; crisis; commerce; money; slavery; Mediterranean region; import; taxes; military; shipping; economic crisis; theory; monetary system (national); economy; monetary economy; economic change
Classification
General History
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Method
theory application; historical
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 274-289
Journal
Historical Social Research, 33 (2008) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.33.2008.4.274-289
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed