Money and Government in the Roman Empire
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 13, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780521648295
Subjects: Economic history; World history: BCE to c 500 CE; Numismatics; Ancient Rome - History; History; History - General History; History: World; Ancient Rome; Ancient - Rome; Money & Monetary Policy; Business & Economics-Money & Monetary Policy; History / Ancient / General; History / Ancient / Rome; Money
First sentence: When chance winds drove a Roman tax-collector from the Red Sea to Ceylon, the island's king was said to be much impressed by the consistent weight of the silver coins that he brought with him.