Imperial mines and quarries in the Roman world
Subtitle: organizational aspects, 27 BC - AD 235
By: Alfred Michael Hirt
Series: Oxford classical monographs
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 551
ISBN-13: 9780199572878
Subjects: Quarries and quarrying; Mineral industries; Management; Eisenerzbergbau; Marmorbergbau
Description: The control over marble and metal resources was of major importance to the Roman Empire. Alfred Hirt's comprehensive study defines the organizational outlines and the internal structures of the mining and quarrying ventures under imperial control.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [446]-483) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Geological constraints and organizational implications; title: Mining and quarrying districts; title: Imperial officials and extractive operations; title: The Roman army and imperial extractive operations; title: Imperial officials and the allocation of responsibilities; title: Private partners to imperial operations : Occupatores/coloni and conductores; title: The emperor and imperial extractive operations; title: Imperial mining and quarrying administration : a conclusion.