Urban Craftsmen and Traders in the Roman World
Oxford University Press
Published on 1. June 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-19-885290-2 (ISBN)
Description
This volume, featuring sixteen contributions from leading Roman historians and archaeologists, sheds new light on approaches to the economic history of urban craftsmen and traders in the Roman world, with a particular emphasis on the imperial period. Combining a wide range of research traditions from all over Europe and utilizing evidence from Italy, the western provinces, and the Greek-speaking east, this edited collection is divided into four parts. It first considers the scholarly history of Roman crafts and trade in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing on Germany and the Anglo-Saxon world, and on Italy and France. Chapters discuss how scholarly thinking about Roman craftsmen and traders was influenced by historical and intellectual developments in the modern world, and how different (national) research traditions followed different trajectories throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The second part highlights the economic strategies of craftsmen and traders, examining strategies of long-distance traders and the phenomenon of specialization, and presenting case studies of leather-working and bread-baking. In the third part, the human factor in urban crafts and trade--including the role of apprenticeship, gender, freedmen, and professional associations--is analysed, and the volume ends by exploring the position of crafts in urban space, considering the evidence for artisanal clustering in the archaeological and papyrological record, and providing case studies of the development of commercial landscapes at Aquincum on the Danube and at Sagalassos in Pisidia.
Reviews / Votes
Review from previous edition This volume is itself a rich emporium with many expert shopkeepers manning individual tabernae organized into easily navigated rows. ... The broad methodological and interdisciplinary approaches highlighted in this volume make it a welcome addition to the growing number of works on the Roman economy. * Sarah E. Bond, Bryn Mawr Classical Review * As one would expect, the text is largely clean and replete with illustrations and photographs. This is a well-organized and impressive volume, representing an important contribution to the study of craftsmen and traders in the Roman Empire and the ancient economy generally. * Matt Gibbs (University of Winnipeg), The Journal of Roman Studies Vol.107 * make[s] some very useful contributions to the field. * Dominic Rathbone, Classics for All * Altogether, the volume offers excellent contributions of social-economic history. * Patrick Reinard, Sehepunkte * Urban Craftsmen and Traders in the Roman World ... is an important contribution to the history of crafts and trade in the Roman world. * Sergiu Musteata, Ancient History and Archaeology * Urban craftsmen and traders in the Roman world must be counted a valuable contribution to Roman economic history. * Kasey Reed, Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
75 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
687 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-885290-2 (9780198852902)
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Andrew Wilson | Miko Flohr
Urban Craftsmen and Traders in the Roman World
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02/2016
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Persons
Andrew Wilson is Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire at the University of Oxford.
Miko Flohr is a Lecturer in Ancient History at Leiden University.
Miko Flohr is a Lecturer in Ancient History at Leiden University.
Editor
Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman EmpireProfessor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, University of Oxford
Lecturer in Ancient HistoryLecturer in Ancient History, Leiden University
Content
Introduction
Part I: Approaches
1: Miko Flohr and Andrew Wilson: Roman Craftsmen and Traders: Towards an Intellectual History
2: Carla Salvaterra and Alessandro Cristofori: Twentieth Century Italian Research on Craftsmen, Traders, and their Professional Organizations in the Roman World
3: Jean-Pierre Brun: The Archaeology of Ancient Urban Workshops: A French Approach?
Part II: Strategies
4: Candace Rice: Mercantile Specialization and Trading Communities: Economic Strategies in Roman Maritime Trade
5: Kai Ruffing: Driving Forces for Specialization: Market, Location Factors, Productivity Improvements
6: Carol van Driel-Murray: Fashionable Footwear: Craftsmen and Consumers in the North-West Provinces of the Roman Empire
7: Nicolas Monteix: Contextualizing the Operational Sequence: Pompeian Bakeries as a Case Study
Part III: People
8: Christel Freu: Disciplina, patrocinium, nomen: The Benefits of Apprenticeship in the Roman World
9: Lena Larsson Loven: Women, Trade, and Production in the Urban Centres of Roman Italy
10: Wim Broekaert: Freedmen and Agency in Roman Business
11: Nicolas Tran: The Social Organization of Commerce and Crafts in Ancient Arles: Heterogeneity, Hierarchy, and Patronage
12: Ilias Arnaoutoglou: Hierapolis and its Professional Associations: A Comparative Analysis
Part IV: Space
13: Penelope Goodman: Working Together: Clusters of Artisans in the Roman City
14: Kerstin Dross-Kruepe: Spatial Concentration and Dispersal of Roman Textile Crafts
15: Orsolya Lang: Industry and Commerce in the City of Aquincum
16: Jeroen Poblome: The Potters of Ancient Sagalassos Revisited
Index
Part I: Approaches
1: Miko Flohr and Andrew Wilson: Roman Craftsmen and Traders: Towards an Intellectual History
2: Carla Salvaterra and Alessandro Cristofori: Twentieth Century Italian Research on Craftsmen, Traders, and their Professional Organizations in the Roman World
3: Jean-Pierre Brun: The Archaeology of Ancient Urban Workshops: A French Approach?
Part II: Strategies
4: Candace Rice: Mercantile Specialization and Trading Communities: Economic Strategies in Roman Maritime Trade
5: Kai Ruffing: Driving Forces for Specialization: Market, Location Factors, Productivity Improvements
6: Carol van Driel-Murray: Fashionable Footwear: Craftsmen and Consumers in the North-West Provinces of the Roman Empire
7: Nicolas Monteix: Contextualizing the Operational Sequence: Pompeian Bakeries as a Case Study
Part III: People
8: Christel Freu: Disciplina, patrocinium, nomen: The Benefits of Apprenticeship in the Roman World
9: Lena Larsson Loven: Women, Trade, and Production in the Urban Centres of Roman Italy
10: Wim Broekaert: Freedmen and Agency in Roman Business
11: Nicolas Tran: The Social Organization of Commerce and Crafts in Ancient Arles: Heterogeneity, Hierarchy, and Patronage
12: Ilias Arnaoutoglou: Hierapolis and its Professional Associations: A Comparative Analysis
Part IV: Space
13: Penelope Goodman: Working Together: Clusters of Artisans in the Roman City
14: Kerstin Dross-Kruepe: Spatial Concentration and Dispersal of Roman Textile Crafts
15: Orsolya Lang: Industry and Commerce in the City of Aquincum
16: Jeroen Poblome: The Potters of Ancient Sagalassos Revisited
Index