The Open Sea: The Economic Life of the Ancient Mediterranean World from the Iron Age to the Rise of Rome

by J.G. Manning and J G Manning

Book Overview

A major new economic history of the ancient Mediterranean world

In The Open Sea, J. G. Manning offers a major new history of economic life in the Mediterranean world in the Iron Age, from Phoenician trading down to the Hellenistic era and the beginning of Rome's imperial supremacy. Drawing on a wide range of ancient sources and the latest social theory, Manning suggests that a search for an illusory single "ancient economy"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691151741
• ISBN13: 9780691151748
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"