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Roman Power - A Thousand Years of Empire (Hardcover): W. V. Harris Roman Power - A Thousand Years of Empire (Hardcover)
W. V. Harris
R1,293 Discovery Miles 12 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Roman Empire was one of the largest and most enduring in world history. In his new book, distinguished historian W. V. Harris sets out to explain, within an eclectic theoretical framework, the waxing and eventual waning of Roman imperial power, together with the Roman community's internal power structures (political power, social power, gender power and economic power). Effectively integrating analysis with a compelling narrative, he traces this linkage between the external and the internal through three very long periods, and part of the originality of the book is that it almost uniquely considers both the gradual rise of the Roman Empire and its demise as an empire in the fifth and seventh centuries AD. Professor Harris contends that comparing the Romans of these diverse periods sharply illuminates both the growth and the shrinkage of Roman power as well as the Empire's extraordinary durability.

The Monetary Systems of the Greeks and Romans (Hardcover, New): W. V. Harris The Monetary Systems of the Greeks and Romans (Hardcover, New)
W. V. Harris
R4,945 R4,350 Discovery Miles 43 500 Save R595 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Most people have some idea what Greeks and Romans coins looked like, but few know how complex Greek and Roman monetary systems eventually became. The contributors to this volume are numismatists, ancient historians, and economists intent on investigating how these systems worked and how they both did and did not resemble a modern monetary system. Why did people first start using coins? How did Greeks and Romans make payments, large or small? What does money mean in Greek tragedy? Was the Roman Empire an integrated economic system? This volume can serve as an introduction to such questions, but it also offers the specialist the results of original research.

Rome's Imperial Economy - Twelve Essays (Hardcover): W. V. Harris Rome's Imperial Economy - Twelve Essays (Hardcover)
W. V. Harris
R4,734 Discovery Miles 47 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Imperial Rome has a name for wealth and luxury, but was the economy of the Roman Empire as a whole a success, by the standards of pre-modern economies? In this volume W. V. Harris brings together eleven previously published papers on this much-argued subject, with additional comments to bring them up to date. A new study of poverty and destitution provides a fresh perspective on the question of the Roman Empire's economic performance, and a substantial introduction ties the collection together. Harris tackles difficult but essential questions, such as how slavery worked, what role the state played, whether the Romans had a sophisticated monetary system, what it was like to be poor, whether they achieved sustained economic growth. He shows that in spite of notably sophisticated economic institutions and the spectacular wealth of a few, the Roman economy remained incorrigibly pre-modern and left a definite segment of the population high and dry.

Roman Power - A Thousand Years of Empire (Paperback): W. V. Harris Roman Power - A Thousand Years of Empire (Paperback)
W. V. Harris
R734 Discovery Miles 7 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Roman Empire was one of the largest and most enduring in world history. In his new book, distinguished historian W. V. Harris sets out to explain, within an eclectic theoretical framework, the waxing and eventual waning of Roman imperial power, together with the Roman community's internal power structures (political power, social power, gender power and economic power). Effectively integrating analysis with a compelling narrative, he traces this linkage between the external and the internal through three very long periods, and part of the originality of the book is that it almost uniquely considers both the gradual rise of the Roman Empire and its demise as an empire in the fifth and seventh centuries AD. Professor Harris contends that comparing the Romans of these diverse periods sharply illuminates both the growth and the shrinkage of Roman power as well as the Empire's extraordinary durability.

The Monetary Systems of the Greeks and Romans (Paperback): W. V. Harris The Monetary Systems of the Greeks and Romans (Paperback)
W. V. Harris
R1,644 Discovery Miles 16 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Most people have some idea what Greeks and Romans coins looked like, but few know how complex Greek and Roman monetary systems eventually became. The contributors to this volume are numismatists, ancient historians, and economists intent on investigating how these systems worked and how they both did and did not resemble a modern monetary system. Why did people first start using coins? How did Greeks and Romans make payments, large or small? What does money mean in Greek tragedy? Was the Roman Empire an integrated economic system? This volume can serve as an introduction to such questions, but it also offers the specialist the results of original research.

Rethinking the Mediterranean (Paperback, New edition): W. V. Harris Rethinking the Mediterranean (Paperback, New edition)
W. V. Harris
R1,888 Discovery Miles 18 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this collection of essays, an international group of renowned scholars attempt to establish the theoretical basis for studying the ancient and medieval history of the Mediterranean Sea and the lands around it. In so doing they range far afield to other Mediterraneans, real and imaginary, as distant as Brazil and Japan. Their work is an essential tool for understanding the Mediterranean, pre-modern and modern alike. It speaks to ancient and medieval historians, to archaeologists, anthropologists and all historians with environmental interests, and not least to classicists.

Rethinking the Mediterranean (Hardcover, New): W. V. Harris Rethinking the Mediterranean (Hardcover, New)
W. V. Harris
R6,211 R2,381 Discovery Miles 23 810 Save R3,830 (62%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this collection of essays, an international group of renowned scholars attempt to establish the theoretical basis for studying the ancient and medieval history of the Mediterranean Sea and the lands around it. In so doing they range far afield to other Mediterraneans, real and imaginary, as distant as Brazil and Japan. Their work is an essential tool for understanding the Mediterranean, pre-modern and modern alike. It speaks to ancient and medieval historians, to archaeologists, anthropologists and all historians with environmental interests, and not least to classicists.

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