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Roman Law and Maritime Commerce

Roman Law and Maritime Commerce

Author: Peter Candy; Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 9781474478151

Published In: February 2024
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781474478144

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Examines the conduct of Roman long-distance trade in its social and legal context.

Employs a robust and innovative methodology drawing on maritime archaeological remains and textual, epigraphic and papyrological sources
Explores the relationship between Roman long-distance trade and the development of legal institutions
Includes contributions from Eva Jakab, Roberto Fiori, Philip de Souza, Annalisa Marzano, Gianfranco Purpura, Peter Campbell, Gabriele Cifani, Peter Candy and Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz

Bringing together specialists in ancient history, archaeology and Roman law, this book provides new perspectives on long-distance trade in the Roman world. Recent archaeological work has shown that maritime trade across the Mediterranean intensified greatly at the same time as the Roman state was extending its power overseas. This book explores aspects of this development and its relationship with changes in the legal and institutional apparatus that supported maritime commerce. It analyses the socio-legal framework within which maritime trade was conducted, and in doing so presents a new understanding of the role played by legal and social institutions in the economy of the Roman world.

1. Introduction: Roman Law and Maritime Commerce

Peter Candy and Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz

2. Aspects of the Origins of Roman Maritime Trade

Gabriele Cifani

3. Contingent Seas: Seafaring, Contracts and Law

Peter B. Campbell

4. Pirates’ Captives in the Light of Roman Law

Anna Tarwacka

5. The Personal Infrastructure of Maritime Trade

Annalisa Marzano

6. On Dressel 20 and Beyond. Management, Punishment and Protection in the context of Roman Imperial Oil Distribution

Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz