Bøker av Neville (University of Bristol) Morley

This 2007 book explores the long-disputed role of trade in classical antiquity. It examines how trade underpinned Athenian and Roman power by supplying cities, armies and the dominant elite. It also provides a new perspective on the significance of ancient trade by exploring its ecological and cultural implications.

This book studies the growth of the city of Rome and the effects of its demands for food and migrants on the economy of Italy. It questions the idea that all great cities were parasites on the societies that supported them, and reappraises not only the traditional view of Rome as a consumer city but also the history of Italy in the late Republic and early Principate.

"Classics ought to be obsolete. And yet it survives, not (or not only) as a marker of wealth and privilege but as a forward-looking and even radical discipline. In this incisive book, Neville Morley explores the present and future of the subject"--

Presents a study of modernity that examines classical influences Incorporates political, economic, social, and psychological theories Highlights writings from a wide range of thinkers, including Adam Smith, Marx, Mill, Nietzsche, Weber, and Freud.