Questions Concerning the Study of Ancient Economy: Notes for a Discussion
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2177-4218.v1i1p84-98Keywords:
Ancient Economy, Roman EmpireAbstract
In this brief essay, I intend to expose s ome questions concerning the Ancient Economy studies; questioning the concept of Ancient Economy itself, its workings, the way we study it and some cares we should have in its regar d. My aim is fomenting some debate around the theme, which has been little studied after the adve nt of Cultural History and the Marxism “Crisis”. In the first part of the essay, I present some cons iderations concerning the primitivist and modernist debate, the sources problem, the concept of Economy for Romans and the importance of context. In the second part, I present initial disc ussions over the importance of space (geo-history) for the study of Roman economies
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