Includes bibliographical references (p. [314]-359) and index.
Structures. On the applicability of the concept of class in Roman history ; Poverty and destitution in the Roman Empire -- Slavery. Towards a study of the Roman slave trade ; Demography, geography, and the sources of Roman slaves -- Production. Roman terracotta lamps : the organization of an industry ; Production, distribution, and instrumentum domesticum -- Trade. Trade [70-192 AD] ; Trade and the river Po : a problem in the economic history of the Roman Empire ; Roman governments and commerce, 300 BC-AD 300 -- Money. A revisionist view of Roman money -- Overviews. The Roman economy in the Late Republic, 133-31 BC ; Between archaic and modern : some current problems in the economic history of the High Roman Empire.