Imperial Responses to the Food Crisis that Began under Claudius
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21730004 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daryn Graham (Independent researcher, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 26-52 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mouseion Journal of the Classical Association of Canada (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1496-9343 • E-ISSN: 1913-5416 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/mous.20.1.02 |
| OpenAlex | W4394824519 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 37 |
The main focus of this article is the nature of imperial responses—symbolic and practical—to the major food crisis in Rome throughout the principates of Claudius and Nero. By examining the evidence through a historical lens, it will be demonstrated that when real food crises became serious, concerted attempts were made by Claudius and Nero to address starvation concerns and feed the city of Rome, and in some ways elsewhere. The result was a range of special building projects whose nature was to provide employment, as well as promote trade, and individual identity. The first and foremost of these projects was Portus harbour
Aesthetics · Art · Biology · Economics · Economy · Identity crisis · Political economy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Starvation · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · History
A Companion to Food in the Ancient World
The Grain Trade under the Roman Empire
Nero
Tiberius to Nero
Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman World
The emergence of the city
The food supply of the capital
Charities and Social Aid in Greece and Rome
The Feeding of Imperial Rome
Souvenirs and the Experience of Empire in Ancient Rome
From Caesar to Augustus (c. 49 BC–AD 14)
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome
Nile River Basin
Biblical famines, 1850 B.C.–A.D. 46
The Grain Market in the Roman Empire
Corinth
Studies in Classical History and Society
Early Hydraulic Civilization in Egypt
Roman Granaries and Store Buildings
Documents Illustrating the Principates of Gaius, Claudius and Nero
Land Transport in Roman Egypt
Séneca. A philosopher in politics
The organization of the grain trade in the early Roman Empire
Rome is Burning
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |