Introduction
Quantifying Roman Agriculture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23403000 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan Bowman, Alan S Bowman (0000-0002-0306-9033), Andrew Wilson (0000-0002-9814-5966) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 1-32 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Roman Agricultural Economy (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199665723.003.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2504717434 |
| ISBN | 9780199665723 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
This introductory chapter outlines the current debate over the size and nature of the agricultural economy and its importance within the Roman economy as a whole, addressing the use of models and summarising some of the possible approaches from available datasets, such as the study of patterns of large-scale investment from sites with batteries of multiple oil and wine presses which indicate elite investment in market-oriented agricultural production. It situates each of the chapters in the volume within this wider framework of study, and discusses regional variation and chronological trends, issues of land and labour, whether or not the Roman state had any conscious economic policy towards agriculture, and the articulation of agrarian production with other sectors of the economy.
Agrarian society · Agricultural productivity · Agriculture · Archaeology · Articulation (sociology) · Cartography · Economics · Economy · Elite · Geography · Investment (military) · Macroeconomics · Natural resource economics · Political science · Production (economics) · Scale (ratio) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Classical Antiquity Studies
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |