Vividly reconstructs economic conditions in ancient Roman cities and the socio-economic strategies of artisans who lived in them.

This book offers the first comprehensive study of economic conditions and economic life in Roman cities during the late Republic and early Empire. By employing

This volume, featuring sixteen contributions from leading Roman historians and archaeologists, sheds new light on approaches to the economic history of urban cr

"Our image of the Roman world is shaped by the writings of Roman statesmen and upper class intellectuals. Yet most of the material evidence we have from Roman t