《Land Transport in Roman Egypt》是2007年OUP Oxford出版的圖書，作者是Colin Adams。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Land Transport in Roman Egypt
- 作者： Colin Adams
- 出版時間：2007年3月15日
- 出版社： OUP Oxford
- 頁數：346 頁
- ISBN：9780199203970
- 裝幀： Hardcover
內容簡介
The papyri of Egypt offer a rich and complex picture of this important Roman province and provide an unparalleled insight into how a Roman province actually worked. They also afford a valuable window into ancient economic behaviour and everyday life. This study is the first systematic treatment of the role of land transport within the economic life of Roman Egypt, an everyday economic activity at the centre of the economy not only of Egypt but of the Roman world. Colin Adams studies the economics of animal ownership, the role of transport in the commercial and agricultural economies of Egypt, and how the Roman state used provincial resources to meet its own transport demands. He reveals a complex relationship between private individual and state in their use of transport resources, a dynamic and rational economy, and the economic and administrative behaviour imposed when an imperial power made demands upon a province.
