Plinys Roman Economy by Richard Saller PAPERBACK 9780691229560

Pliny's Roman EconomyNatural History, Innovation, and Growth\nAuthor(s): Richard Saller\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691229560, 978-0691229560\nSynopsis\nThe first comprehensive study of Pliny the Elders economic thoughtand its implications for understanding the Roman Empires constrained innovation and economic growth\n\nThe elder Plinys Natural History (77 CE), an astonishing compilation of 20,000 things worth knowing, was avowedly intended to be a repository of ancient Mediterranean knowledge for the use of craftsmen and farmers, but this 37-book, 400,000-word work was too expensive, unwieldy, and impractically organized to be of utilitarian value. Yet, as Richard Saller shows, the Natural History offers more insights into Roman ideas about economic growth than any other ancient source. Plinys Roman Economy is the first comprehensive study of Plinys economic thought and its implications f.