1. Introduction; 2. Notes on the geographical context of early Rome; 3. The beginnings of a longue durée; 4. The Early Iron Age (Latial Phases II and III); 5. A settlement unlike others: the economic background to the rise of Rome; 6. Latial Phase IV; 7. Latial Phase IV A; 8. Latial Phase IV B; 9. The archaic phase (580–500 BC); 10. Modelling the demography and consumption; 11. People, places, times and institutions of roman archaic economy; 12. The economics of the early calendar; 13. The early Latins overseas; 14. The Fifth century BC; 15. Crisis and opportunities in the fifth century BC; 16. The archaeological evidence of the fourth century BC; 17. The fourth century transformations and the end of the roman archaic economy; 18. Epilogue; Appendices.
Focuses on the economic history of the community of Rome from the Iron Age to the early Republic.
Gabriele Cifani is researcher of classical archaeology at the Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata and Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Ecole normale supérieure, Paris. He is the author of Storia di una frontiera (2003) and Architettura Romana Arcaica (2008).
'How did a single settlement in the Tiber valley become the centre
of the most successful and longest-lasting of the world's empires?
In this study of Rome's early economic history C. points us towards
some of the answers.' Michael Fallon, Classics for All
'… it draws on an impressive knowledge of both textual and
archaeological sources, and introduces recent methodological
innovations and theoretical perspectives in a synthetic treatment
of early Rome's economic development.' Tymon de Haas, Bryn Mawr
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