Hellenistic Economies

by Zosia Halina Archibald (Editor), John Kenyon Davies (Editor), Vincent Gabrielsen (Editor)

The economies of classical and Mediterranean antiquity are currently a battleground. Some scholars see them as lively and progressive, even others see them as static, embedded in social action and status relationships.Focusing on the central period of the Mediterranean 330-30 BC, this book contributes substantially to the debate, by juxtaposing general questions of theory and model-building with case-studies which examine specific areas and kinds of evidence.It breaks new ground by distilling and presenting new and newly-reinterpreted evidence for the Hellenistic era, by opening the debate on how we should replace Rostovtzeff's classic view of this period, and by offering a compelling new set of interpretative ideas to the debate on the ancient economy.

541 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 26, 2000

About the author

Zosia H. Archibald is Senior Lecturer in Classical Archaeology at the University of Liverpool.