Economics of the Roman Stone Trade

by Ben Russell

The use of stone in vast quantities is a ubiquitous and defining feature of the material culture of the Roman world. In this volume, Russell provides a new and wide-ranging examination of the production, distribution, and use of carved stone objects throughout the Roman world, including how enormous quantities of high-quality white and polychrome marbles were moved all around the Mediterranean to meet the demand for exotic material.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198841752
• ISBN13: 9780198841753
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"