Business managers in ancient Rome : a social and economic study of Institores, 200 B.C.-A.D. 250 / by Jean-Jacques Aubert.
1994
Rom 518 Au14 1994 (Map It)
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Author
Title
Business managers in ancient Rome : a social and economic study of Institores, 200 B.C.-A.D. 250 / by Jean-Jacques Aubert.
Published
Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1994.
Call Number
Rom 518 Au14 1994
ISBN
9004100385 (cloth : alk. paper)
Description
xv, 520 pages ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)30593969
Note
Revised and expanded version of the author's thesis (doctoral--Columbia University, 1991)
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [421] -441) and indexes.
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Table of Contents
Preface and acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Ch. 1
Business agents and business managers
BDefinition and sources
5
CGreek terminology
32
Ch. 2
Indirect agency in Roman law
BRelationship between third contracting party and principal/agent (actiones adiecticiae qualitatis)
46
CHistorical development
70
DRelationship between principal and agent
100
Ch. 3
Managers of agricultural estates
AItalian agriculture in the mid-Republican period
117
BSystems of management
129
CSocial and economic aspects of the vilicus system
146
DVilici as business managers
169
EFarm workers and the chain of command
175
Ch. 4
Production and distribution of clay artifacts
AInfrastructure
201
BBricks and tiles
217
CAmphorae
244
DPottery (terra sigillata)
276
ETerracotta lamps
303
Ch. 5
Direct management and public administration: four case studies
BTax collection (vectigalia)
325
CEntertainment
347
DCommunications
368
ECoinage
386
Conclusion
413
Bibliography
421
Appendix
442
AInstitores in Latin inscriptions (Italy and provinces)
444
BVilici in Latin inscriptions (Italy and Sicily)
445
CActores in Latin inscriptions (Italy and Sicily)
463
Index A. Ancient written sources
477
Index B. General (subjects, places, names)
503