The Economies of Hellenistic Societies, Third to First Centuries BC

by Archibald, Zosia; Davies, John K.; Gabrielsen, Vincent

• ISBN13: 9780191804533
• ISBN10: 0191804533
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2011-06-11
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

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

John K. Davies is Emeritus Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology at the University of Liverpool

Table of Contents

1. Introduction, Z. H. Archibald & J. K. Davies
2. Jewish subjects and Seleukid kings: a case study of economic interaction, G. G. Aperghis
3. Mobility and innovation in Hellenistic economies: the causes and consequences of human traffic, Z. H. Archibald
4. Grain from Cyrene, A. Bresson
5. Some aspects of large estate management in the Greek world during Classical and Hellenistic times, Chr. Chandezon
6. The impact of war on the economy of Hellenistic poleis: Demand creation, short-term influences, long-term impacts, A. Chaniotis
7. Divine financiers: cults as consumers and generators of value, V. Chankowski
8. Observations on the economy in kind in Ptolemaic Egypt, L. Criscuolo
9. The well-balanced polis: Ephesos, J. K. Davies
10. Labour in the Hellenistic economy: slavery as a test case, R. Descat
11. Profitable partnerships: Kings, cities, and trade, V. Gabrielsen
12. The economy of Koile Syria after the Seleukid conquest: an archaeological contribution, L. Hannestad
13. Wine and amphorae: production and transport, J. Lund
14. Networks, hierarchies and markets in the Ptolemaic economy, J. G. Manning
15. Autopsy of a crisis: Wealth, Protogenes and the city of Olbia c.200 BC, Chr. Muller
16. Mobility, society and economy in the Hellenistic period, G. J. Oliver
17. Inter-regional economies in the Aegean basin, G. Reger
18. Animal husbandry in Ptolemaic Egypt, D. J. Thompson
19. The 'silverization' of the economy of the Achaemenid and Seleukid empires and early modern China, R. J. van der Spek
20. Demand creation, comsumption and power in Ptolemaic Egypt, S. von Reden
21. Afterword, V. Gabrielsen