book chapter
The social and economic history of the Roman Empire
Clarendon Press • Oxford • Published In 1926 • Pages:
By: Rostovtsev, Mikhail Ivanovich.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a history of the social and economic life of the Roman Empire mainly under the Flavians and the Antonines; however, the first chapter processed (chapter 3) discusses the rule of the Julii and the Claudii. To obtain this information, the author studied papyri, edicts and letters of the emperors, wax tablets, legislative acts, works of authors of the time, as well as the works of contemporary authors. The individual areas of social and economic life covered are: the army and its composition; the form of government in Rome and the provinces; characteristics and facilities of the cities of the Empire; public revenue; agriculture; banking; industry; foreign and domestic trade; sources of wealth of individuals and cities; social classes; and, landownership, tenure, and reform. Much specific information is given relating to the city and country life of the individual provinces outside Italy, as well as general information on mines and quarries, agriculture, landownership, social classes, and the life of peasants in these provinces.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Imperial Romans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Heather Fellows ; 1976
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Imperial Roman Period (27 B.C.-476 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rome, Italy
- NotesAdditional notes
- By M. Rostovtzeff
- For provinces beyond Italy -- use PROVINCES (635); For Roman citizens and Roman rule in these provinces -- Use MATERIAL NOT RELEVANT (000); For the activities of the natives of the provinces are discussed)-- Use MATERIAL NOT RELEVANT (000). The material that has not been indexed will be found in COMPLETE TEXTS OF HRAF DOCUMENTS (116). Also, information on many of these provinces has been cross-referenced to the respective historical file of each province. Rostovtsev has supplied many notes which will be found in COMPLETE TEXTS OF HRAF DOCUMENTS (116); the references he used can be located in INFORMATION SOURCES LISTED IN OTHER WORKS (113).
- Only pages 75-343 and 507-595 are included
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 26017867
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D./Rome--Social conditions/ Rome--Economic conditions