Shopping in Ancient Rome
Subtitle: The Retail Trade in the Late Republic and the Principate
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780199698219
Subjects: Shopping; Retail trade; Rome, economic conditions; Rome, social life and customs
Description: A comprehensive account of the retail network in ancient Rome investigating the diverse means by which goods were sold to consumers in the city. Holleran places the Roman retail trade within the wider context of its urban economy and explores the critical relationship between retail and broader environmental factors.