The organization of the grain trade in the early Roman Empire

Economic History Review

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 313-332

  Kessler, David ^a   Temin, Peter ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEGAL SYSTEM; ROMAN ERA; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TRADE;

EID: 34147104485     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2006.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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