John Davies

Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek Culture Graham Oliver

Zofia H. Archibald

Vincent Gabrielsen

Graham Oliver

The economies of classical and Mediterranean antiquity are currently a battleground. Some scholars see them as lively and progressive, even proto-capitalist: others see them as static, embedded in social action and status relationships. Focusing on the central period of the Mediterranean 330-30 BC, this book contributes substantially to the debate, by juxtaposing general questions of theory and model-building with case-studies which examine specific areas and kinds of evidence. It breaks new ground by distilling and presenting new and newly-reinterpreted evidence for the Hellenistic era, by opening the debate on how we should replace Rostovtzeff's classic view of this period, and by offering a compelling new set of interpretative ideas to the debate on the ancient economy.

Hellenistic Economies

Oliver, Graham John Oliver

Graham John Oliver

Tombstones provide the largest single category of epigraphical evidence from the ancient world. However, epigraphy – the study of inscriptions – remains, for many students of history and archaeology, an abstruse subject. By marrying epigraphy and death, the contributors to this collection hope to encourage a wider audience to consider the importance of inscribed tombstones.

Studies in the History and Society of Greece and Rome

The Epigraphy of Death

Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek Culture Graham Oliver

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