Introduction
Transport and the Economy of the Roman World
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23725739 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Colin Adams (0000-0002-9244-8368, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Pages | 3-16 |
| Publication date | 2007-03-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | LAND TRANSPORT IN ROMAN EGYPT: A STUDY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATION IN A ROMAN PROVINCE. (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199203970.003.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2501242624 |
| ISBN | 9780199203970 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 84 |
This chapter overviews previous scholarship on transport, introduces the most influential theories offering pessimistic views of the role of transport in the Roman economy, and surveys responses to these, before introducing the evidence for transport and economic activity from Egypt. It then discusses the quantification of this evidence and what this can tell us about the economics of transport. Attempts to establish the relative costs of land and water transport, while valuable, are based on evidence presenting many difficulties of interpretation, and can obscure the true picture of the role of transport. The chapter ends with a description of the nature of the following chapters and a statement of purpose: to show the importance of land transport as part of a system of transport, including water transport, which should be considered as a whole.
Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Epistemology · Hydrology (agriculture) · Interpretation (philosophy) · Pessimism · Political science · Scholarship · Statement (logic) · Transport engineering · Transport system · Water Transport · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · Engineering · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Law · Philosophy
Villages, land and population in Graeco-Roman Egypt
Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World
Ancient Shipwrecks of the Mediterranean and the Roman Provinces
The Demography of Roman Egypt
The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean world in the age of Philip II
Roman circuses
Imperial Pork
Pastoral Economies in Classical Antiquity
Miscellanea papyrologica
A New Paneion at Mons Porphyrites
Did Caracalla intend to return to Egypt
Remarks on the Camel-Tax in Roman Egypt
The Roman Roads and Stations in the Eastern Desert of Egypt
The Roman Quarry and Installations in Wadi Umm Wikala and Wadi Semna
The Red Sea Mountains of Egypt
Further Papyri from the British Museum
The Roman Quarry and Installations in Wadi Umm Wikala and Wadi Semna
The Camel in the Nile Valley
The Grand Procession of Ptolemy Philadelphus
The Archive of Aurelius Isidorus
Newly Discovered Sites in the Eastern Desert
State Archives in Graeco-Roman Egypt from 30 Bc to the Reign of Septimius Severus
Approaches to Economic Problems in the ‘Letters’ of Pliny the Younger
Travel and Geography in the Roman Empire
The Cambridge Ancient History
Reading Papyri, Writing Ancient History
Familia Caesaris
Ostraca grecs et latins de l’Wâdi Fawâkhir
Le Nil et le ravitaillement de Rome
A life of luxury in the desert? The food and fodder supply to Mons Claudianus
Le chameau, l'âne et le mulet en Égypte gréco-romaine. Le témoignage des terres cuites
Diplomatic Notes on Michigan Ostraca
Le dromadaire des Peticii et le commerce oriental
Slaves, Freedmen and Monarchy
The Amount of Wages Paid to the Quarry-Workers at Mons Claudianus
Annius Plocamus
The Camel in Roman Tripolitania
Transport in Ancient Egypt
The Painted Tomb from Wardian and the Decoration of Alexandrian Tombs
Preliminary Report on the 1990-1991 Seasons of Fieldwork at 'Abu Sha'ar (Red Sea Coast)
Valerius Titanianus
Cultures, Landscapes, and Identities in the Mediterranean World
Rural markets in North Africa and the political economy of the roman Empire
Landholding in Late Roman Egypt
Hadrian and the Cities of the Roman Empire
Cities and Administration in Roman Egypt
Philippus Arabs and Egypt
Requisitioned Transport in the Roman Empire
Berenike Crossroads
An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome
At Empire's Edge
Imperialism, empire and the integration of the Roman economy
Survey of the 'Abu Sha'ar-Nile Road
New Evidence of Early Roads in Nubia
A Treatise on the One-Humped Camel
Egypt in the Classical Geographers
Ancient History
On Inland Transportation and Communication in Antiquity
Farm Equipment of the Roman World
Transporting Sixty-Ton Statues in Early Assyria and Egypt
Cassia, cinnamomo, ossidiana
Market-Days in the Roman Empire
Kerkeosiris, An Egyptian Village in the Ptolemaic Period
Heavy Transport in Classical Antiquity
The Economy of the Roman Empire
Transportation and Economic Stagnation in Spain, 1750-1850
Le chameau et l'Afrique du Nord romaine
Structure and Scale in the Roman Economy
Flinders Petrie
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |