Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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

Reviews

The Economies of Hellenistic Societies is a valuable contribution to Hellenistic studies.... the individual papers are of outstanding quality and will be of interest to everyone interested in Hellenistic history.
*Stanley M. Burstein, Classical Journal*