Editorial: Oxford University Press
Editorial: Liverpool University Press
Colección: Liverpool Studies in Ancient History
Número de páginas: 232 págs.
Fecha de edición: 03-05-2023
EAN: 9781802078336
ISBN: 978-1-80207-833-6
Precio (sin IVA): 180,52 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 187,74 €
This book analyses some 4,367 financial transactions, leases, sales and loans, recorded on papyri in Roman Egypt in the period AD 1 to 350. The analysis of this remarkable body of information, the ancient equivalent of modern-day 'Big Data', helps us understand how ordinary people thought about some of the most important decisions they would make in their life: buying a house, lending their savings or renting land. Using innovative theories and techniques inspired by classics, mathematics and the financial markets, it brings out the differences and similarities of behaviours with modern and historical comparators.