This case study of a business that operated in the port of Puteoli on the bay of Naples in the first century AD draws on an archive of wax tablets published in Italy in 1999. The documents record banking, commercial and legal transactions involving the bankers Sulpicii and their clients and customers. Transactions include loans made to corn traders, sea-going merchants and other businessmen, leases from warehouses, disputes over outstanding debts and deposits of cash made by the imperial household. These documents and other case studies throw considerable light on how the Romans conducted their business affairs.
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Documents and case studies throw considerable light on how the Romans conducted their business affairs.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780752435947
Publisert
2006-02-01
Utgiver
Vendor
NPI Media Group
Vekt
520 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
165 mm
Dybde
8 mm
Aldersnivå
G, UU, UP, 01, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
224

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Biographical note

After a career in financial journalism, Dr David Jones now devotes himself full time to writing about the Roman world. The book is a rewritten version of his doctoral thesis recently accepted by the Open University.