Money in imperial Rome : legal diversity and systemic complexity / by Merav Haklai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haklai, Merav, 1979- author.

Series:

Oxford studies on the Roman economy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--Economic conditions--30 B.C.-476 A.D.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Money (Roman law)--History--To 1500.

Money (Roman law).

Finance--Law and legislation--Rome--History--To 1500.

Finance.

Money--Rome.

Money.

Finance--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

This text offers an in-depth examination of the institutional framework within which money operated as an economic agent in the Roman empire, emphasising its systemic complexity. Analyses focus on classical Roman law as reflected in the writings of Roman jurists from the second and early-third centuries AD.

Contents:

1 methods and approaches

2 studying roman money

3 defining price in roman law 1: pretium

4 defining price in roman law 2: merces

5 defining price: testimony from jewish legal sources

6 interest as a financial instrument

7 deposits

8 credit money

9 understanding institutional diversity as a complex system

1 Methods and approaches

2 Studying roman money

3 Defining price in roman law 1: pretium

4 Defining price in roman law 2: merces

5 Defining price: testimony from jewish legal sources

6 Interest as a financial instrument

7 Deposits

8 Credit money

9 Understanding institutional diversity as a complex system

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 17, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780198912033

019891203X

9780198912026

0198912021

9780198912019

0198912013

OCLC:

1521184152

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