Results 11 to 20 of about 243,479 (299)
Statistics in Ancient History [PDF]
This paper uses new data to extend the argument that there was an integrated wheat market in the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire. I explore the meaning of randomness when data are scarce, and I investigate how we recreate the nature of ...
Temin, Peter
core +1 more source
Educational Content, Educational Institutions and Economic Development: Lessons from History [PDF]
Individuals’ choices of educational content are often shaped by the political economy of government policies that determine the incentives to acquire various skills.
Cantoni, Davide, Yuchtman, Noam
core +4 more sources
The market in Ancient Rome and farming economy in times of crisis
This paper presents an overview of the market concept and investigates the features that characterize the economy of the Roman Empire. The agricultural production leadership and importance in the Late Antiquity is asserted, unveiling the scarce ...
Juan José Ferrer Maestro
doaj +1 more source
Siteless Survey and Intensive Data Collection in an Artifact-rich Environment: Case Studies from the Eastern Corinthia, Greece [PDF]
Archaeological survey in the eastern Mediterranean has become increasingly intensive over the last 20 years, producing greater and more diverse data for smaller units of space.
David K. Pettegrew +2 more
core +1 more source
Using city gates as a means of estimating ancient traffic flows [PDF]
Despite the recent flurry of interest in various aspects of ancient urbanism, we still know little about how much traffic flowed in and out of ancient cities, in part because of problems with using commodities as proxies for trade.
Hanson, John W.
core +1 more source
Money in the Apophthegmata Patrum
The objective of this paper is to discuss accounts related to money in Apophthegmata Patrum, a collection of sayings attributed to famous Egyptian monks. The collection as we know it was produced in the 6th century.
Ireneusz Milewski
doaj +1 more source
Multidisciplinary insight into late Roman rural settlement on the northeastern Adriatic coast of Croatia: Island of Rab case study [PDF]
Results of multidisciplinary research conducted on the island of Rab (Northeastern Adriatic, Croatia) are presented with particular focus on late Roman rural settlements and their economic activities.
Fabian Welc +5 more
doaj +1 more source
The politics of historical economics: Wilhelm Roscher on democracy, socialism and Caesarism [PDF]
Wilhelm Friedrich Georg Roscher (1817-94) is generally remembered as a significant nineteenth-century German political economist and a contributor to the “German Historical School of Economics.” His work is usually placed in the context of a larger ...
McDaniel, Iain
core +1 more source
Objective/Context: In this interview, I propose a journey through the intellectual trajectory of Jairus Banaji. It focuses on different aspects comprising the study of the history of capitalism from a Marxist perspective, delving into the expansion of ...
Juan Vicente Iborra Mallent
doaj +1 more source
Memory, tradition, and Christianization of the Peloponnese [PDF]
This work examines the use of memory and tradition in the Christianization of the Peloponnese based on the evidence of the location and topography of churches.
Sweetman, Rebecca Jane
core +2 more sources

