Banking and Business in the Roman World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521389327)

This is the first book to present a synthetic view of Roman banking and financial life from the fourth century BC to the end of the third century AD. It describes the business deals of the elite and the professional bankers and the interventions of the state. It shows to what extent the spirit of profit and enterprise predominated over the traditional values of Rome, what economic role these financiers played, and how that role compares with that of their later counterparts.

Author: Jean Andreau
ISBN-10: 0521389321
ISBN-13: 9780521389327
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/14/1999
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.95h x 5.99w x 0.48d