This Book Brings Together André Tchernia's Previously Published Essays, Updated And Revised, With Recent Notes And Prefaced With An Entirely New Synthesis Of His Views On Roman Commerce With A Particular Emphasis On The People Involved In It--jacket. Part I. The Romans And Trade: 1. Landowners And Traders: Products Of The Estate : A Broad Connotation -- The Landowner's Range Of Activities -- The Separation Between Production And Long-distance Trading -- Senators Engaged In The Export Business? -- Ideological Problems -- Secrecy Theory -- Financing Trade And Its Channels -- Conclusion -- 2. Traders' Fortunes: Seneca And Cornelius Senecio -- Those Who Are Trying To Make Their Fortune Honourably, Via Trade -- Between Puteoli And The Red Sea -- Painted Inscriptions On The Amphorae From Baetica -- Urban Fortunes -- Diversity And Specificity -- 3. The Matter Of The Market: The Enormous Conglomeration Of Interdependent Markets : A Red Herring -- Divergent Opinions -- Archaeological Evidence And Its Interpretation -- Modes Of Transport -- The Influence Of Transaction Costs : Growing Inequality -- Paradoxes -- 4. The Role Of The State: Limits To State Participation -- Supplying The Army -- Side Effects Of Food-supply Policy -- Demography -- Conclusion -- 5. Meeting Needs -- Part Ii. Scripta Varia: 6. Dreams Of Wealth, Loans, And Seaborne Trade -- 7. The Sale Of Wine: The Point Of View Of The Producer -- The Point Of View Of The Buyer -- 8. The Plebiscitum Claudianum: The Prohibition On Owning Seagoing Vessels With A Capacity Greater Than 300 Amphorae -- A Tonnage Deemed Sufficient For Transporting One's Own Produce -- Quaestus And The Ordering Of The Parts Of The Preamble -- Evolution Of The Plebiscitum Claudianum : In Verrem And The Lex Iulia De Repetundis -- The Impossiblity Of Tendering For Tax Crain Contracts -- The Senators' Anger -- Quaestus Omnis Patribus Indecorus : The Third Century -- The Meanings Of Quaestus -- Talk And Actions -- Per Incerta Maris -- Recapitulation -- 9. The Crisis Of Ad 33: Origins And Development -- Land Prices And Interest Rates -- The Senatus Consultum : Tacitus And Suetonius -- The Foreseeable Consequences And The Probable Objectives Of The Senatus Consultum -- What Lessons Are To Be Drawn From The Crisis Of Ad 33? -- 10. Staple Provisions For Rome : Problems Of Quantification: Grain -- Oil -- Wine -- Conclusion -- 11. Food Supplies For Rome : Coping With Geographical Constraints -- The Roman Countryside And Long-distance Supplies -- The Tiber -- The Seaports -- 12. Claudius' Edict And Ships Of 10,000 Modii -- 13. Dromedary Of The Peticii And Trade With The East -- 14. Winds And Coins : Trade Between The Roman Empire And India -- Using The Monsoon -- Massive Outflow Of Money? -- 15. D. Caecilius Hospitalis And M. Iulius Hermesianus (cil Vi. 1625b And 20742): D. Caecilius Hospitalis -- Inscriptions On Amphorae From Monte Testaccio And On Stone -- M. Iulius Hermesianus In Rome -- Conclusion -- 16. Delivery Of Oil From Baetica To The Limes In Germania: Wierschowski Versus Remesal -- 17. Warehousing And Complementary Cargoes On The Alexandria Grain Run: The Murecine Tablets -- The Grain From Alexandria And The Lentils Of C. Novius Eunus, A Trader At Puteoli -- Menelaus, A Carian Ship's Master, And Baetican Amphorae In The Eastern Mediterranean -- The Low Price Of Cretan Wine In Rome -- Conclusion -- 18. Wine Exporting And The Exception Of Gaul: Transformation Of Distribution Maps For The Early Second Century Bc -- The Gauls And Wine During The Late La Tène Period -- Between Cato And Caesar, From Gold To Slaves -- Effects On Italian Wine-growing Regions: Expansion And Colour -- Creation Of A Specialized Merchandise -- 19. The Economic Crisis In Imperial Italy And Competition From The Province: Italian Terra Sigillata Pottery -- Amphorae And Villas André Tchernia ; Translated By James Grieve (with Elizabeth Minchin). First Edition Published In 2011 By Centre Jean Berard & Centre Camille Jullian.--title Page Verso. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 317-363) And Indexes. Translated From The French.