Roman seas: a maritime archaeology of eastern Mediterranean economies

This book offers an archaeological analysis of maritime economy and connectivity in the Roman east. That seafaring was fundamental to prosperity under Rome is beyond doubt, but a tendency to view the grandest long-distance movements among major cities against a background noise of small-scale, short...

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Main Author: Leidwanger, Justin 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2020
Series:Oxford scholarship online
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Summary:This book offers an archaeological analysis of maritime economy and connectivity in the Roman east. That seafaring was fundamental to prosperity under Rome is beyond doubt, but a tendency to view the grandest long-distance movements among major cities against a background noise of small-scale, short-haul activity has tended to flatten the finer and varied contours of maritime interaction and coastal life into a featureless blue Mediterranean. Drawing together maritime landscape studies and network analysis, this work takes a bottom-up view of the diverse socioeconomic conditions and seafaring logistics that generated multiple structures and scales of interaction
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (336 Seiten)
ISBN:9780190083687
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190083656.001.0001

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