A year-by-year economic history of the Roman Empire might seem as impossible to reconstruct as the lost 107 books of Livy’s history of Rome. Yet something close to such a record has now been retrieved ...

A year-by-year economic history of the Roman Empire might seem as impossible to reconstruct as the lost 107 books of Livy’s history of Rome. Yet something close to such a record has now been retrieved ...

A fascinating history of the intricate web of trade routes connecting ancient Rome to Eastern civilizations, including its powerful rival, the Han Empire. The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes ...

Note on the maps -- 1. The Severan provinces, and the dioceses and provinces of the Verona list -- 2. Dioceses and provinces according to the Notitia Dignitatum -- 3. Financial districts, treasuries, ...