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The Customs Law of Asia
Edited by M. Cottier, M. H. Crawford, C. V. Crowther, J. L. Ferrary, B. M. Levick, O. Salomies, and M. Wörrle
396 pages
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16 halftones
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216x138mm
978-0-19-955151-4
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Hardback
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18 December 2008
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- Provides up-to-date and easy access to a vital text, which presents indispensable evidence for an understanding of the Roman tax system
- English translation faces the Greek text, which has been photographed to allow readers to pursue their own research
- Full line-by-line commentary elucidates difficult passages
- Five accompanying essays expand upon topics in political, social, and economic history
The Roman Empire was based on law, and it was vital for rulers and ruled that laws should be understood. They were often given permanent form in stone or bronze. This book transcribes, translates, and fully illustrates with photographs, the inscription (more than 155 lines, in its damaged state) that carries the regulations drawn up over nearly two centuries for the customs dues of the rich province of Asia (western Turkey). The regulations, taken from Roman archives, were set up in Greek in Ephesus, and the book provides a rendering of the text back into Latin. The damaged text is hard to restore and to interpret. Six scholars
offer line-by-line commentary, and five essays bring out its significance, from the Gracchi to Nero, for Rome's government and changing attitudes towards provincial subjects, for the historical geography of the Empire, for its economic history, and for the social life of Roman officials.Readership: Scholars and students of classics, of historical geography, of the economic and social history of the ancient world.
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Edited by M. Cottier, Department of Classics, University of Toronto, M. H. Crawford, Department of History, University College London, C. V. Crowther, Centre for Study of Ancient Documents, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, University of Oxford, J. L. Ferrary, B. M. Levick, St Hilda's College, Oxford, O. Salomies, Institutum Classicum, University of Helsinki, and M. Wörrle, Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigrafik des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Munich Contributors:
S. Mitchell
M.
Corbier
G. D. Rowe
D. Rathbone
O. van Nijf
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"must now be regarded as the standard work for all questions surrounding the inscription" - Sven Gunther, The Classical Review
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Introduction
Text and Translations
Commentary
Interpretative Essays
S. Mitchell: Geography, Politics and Imperialism in the Asian Customs Law
M. Corbier: The Lex Portorii Asiae and Financial Administration
G. D. Rowe: The Elaboration and Diffusion of the Text of the Monumentum Ephesenum
D. Rathbone: Nero's Reforms of Vectigalia and the Inscription of the Lex Portorii Asiae
O. van Nijf: The Social World of Tax Farmers and their Personnel
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