Imperial mines and quarries in the roman world: organizational aspects 27 BC-AD 235

The control over marble and metal resources was of major importance to the Roman Empire. Alfred Hirt's comprehensive study defines the organizational outlines and the internal structures of the mining and quarrying ventures under imperial control. INDICE: 1: Introduction; 2: Geological Constraints and Organizational Implications; 3: Mining and Quarrying Districts; 4: Imperial Officials and Extractive Operations; 5: The Roman Army and Imperial Extractive Operations; 6: Imperial Officials and the Allocation of Responsibilities; 7: Private Partners to Imperial Operations: Occupatores/Coloni and Conductores; 8: The Emperor and Imperial Extractive Operations; 9: Imperial Mining and Quarrying Administration: A Conclusion

• ISBN: 978-0-19-957287-8
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 568
• Fecha Publicación: 25/03/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés