ABSTRACT

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

chapter |22 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter I|2 pages

Primitive rome

chapter II|3 pages

The conquest of the italian peninsula

chapter III|5 pages

The growth of political rights

chapter IV|3 pages

Civil rights

chapter V|10 pages

Slavery

chapter VI|3 pages

The artisans and the first guilds

chapter VII|7 pages

Primitive agriculture

chapter VIII|3 pages

The first agrarian laws

chapter IX|3 pages

The first colonies

chapter X|2 pages

The problem of food supplies

chapter XI|6 pages

First steps in industrial development

chapter XII|6 pages

The beginnings of trade

chapter XIII|3 pages

Transport

chapter XIV|5 pages

The use of money

chapter XV|4 pages

Credit and interest

chapter I|8 pages

Territorial expansion

chapter II|4 pages

Density of population

chapter III|8 pages

The civil wars

chapter IV|9 pages

Public and private law

chapter V|4 pages

The growth of public wealth

chapter VI|5 pages

Luxury

chapter VII|16 pages

The growth of the slave system

chapter VIII|5 pages

The free artisans

chapter IX|5 pages

Rome as a capital

chapter X|5 pages

The food supply

chapter XI|17 pages

Agricultural development

chapter XII|5 pages

Mineral resources

chapter XIII|8 pages

Industry

chapter XIV|8 pages

Trade

chapter XV|4 pages

Roads

chapter XVI|3 pages

Navigation

chapter XVII|2 pages

The development of the monetary system

chapter XVIII|4 pages

Usury and debts

chapter |5 pages

Part III The empire

chapter I|3 pages

The wars abroad

chapter II|5 pages

Domestic disturbances

chapter III|3 pages

The population

chapter IV|5 pages

The imperial institutions

chapter V|3 pages

Luxury

chapter VI|4 pages

The capitals

chapter VII|11 pages

The decline of slavery

chapter VIII|6 pages

The colony system

chapter IX|9 pages

The artisan class and the guilds

chapter X|7 pages

Agirculture

chapter XI|7 pages

mining

chapter XII|9 pages

Industry and manufacture

chapter XIII|8 pages

Trade

chapter XIV|4 pages

Sea routes

chapter XV|4 pages

Ports

chapter XVI|7 pages

Road traffic and public works

chapter XVII|6 pages

The monetary crises

chapter XVIII|12 pages

The barbarians