From Rome to Byzantium by Tom Green

From Rome to Byzantium
by Tom Green

Publisher: Lulu.com 2009
ISBN/ASIN: 144521959X
ISBN-13: 9781445219592
Number of pages: 68

Description:
Provides a detailed overview of trading activity in the Roman and Byzantine Mediterranean, grounded in recent archaeological research. In particular, it is argued that an element of 'free trade' played a significant role in the direction and nature of trading in Classical and Late Antiquity. It is also suggested that the so-called 'Dark Ages' of the seventh and eighth centuries saw more continuity in terms of both commercial activity and urban life than is sometimes admitted.