Introduction : legal systems and economic development / Koenraad Verboven and Paul Erdkamp -- Private property rights and public claims on land in the Roman Empire / Dennis Kehoe -- Hadrian, middlemen, and the exploitation of imperial domains / Alberto Dalla Rosa -- Adapting imperial economic...

"Often viewed as self-sufficient, Roman farmers actually depended on markets to supply them with a wide range of goods and services, from metal tools to medical expertise. However, the nature, extent, and implications of their market interactions remain unclear. This monograph uses literary and...

"The Ancient Greek Economy: Markets, Households and City-States brings together sixteen essays by leading scholars of the ancient Greek economy specialising in history, economics, archaeology and numismatics. Marshalling a wide array of evidence, these essays investigate and analyse the role of...