Money and Roman coins
There are two aspects to this section: studying coins as artefacts, and studying the Roman economy.
Use the archaeology data service map to see where coins have been found: archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/romangl/map.html
Economic theories involve some guesswork,andare based on interpretation - which in turn is based on theorists' modern political views. One of the more recent works was 'The History of Debt' by David Graeber.
Rome introduced a coin-based economy but at the same time, unlike most modern states, routinely 'fed' the unemployed and poor in its largest cities - mainly to buy their support rather than for humanitarian reasons.
Use the archaeology data service map to see where coins have been found: archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/romangl/map.html
Economic theories involve some guesswork,andare based on interpretation - which in turn is based on theorists' modern political views. One of the more recent works was 'The History of Debt' by David Graeber.
Rome introduced a coin-based economy but at the same time, unlike most modern states, routinely 'fed' the unemployed and poor in its largest cities - mainly to buy their support rather than for humanitarian reasons.