Power and Public Finance at Rome, 264-49 Bce

by James Tan

Rome's wars delivered great wealth to the conquerors, but how did this affect politics and society on the home front? In Power and Public Finance at Rome, James Tan offers the first examination of the Roman Republic from the perspective of fiscal sociology and makes the case that no understanding of Roman history is complete without an appreciation of the role of economics in defining political interactions. Examining how imperial profits were distributed,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190639571
• ISBN13: 9780190639570
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"