This volume presents an innovative picture of the ancient Mediterranean world. Approaching poverty as a multifaceted condition, it examines how different groups

This volume presents an innovative picture of the ancient Mediterranean world. Approaching poverty as a multifaceted condition, it examines how different groups

If poor individuals have always been with us, societies have not always seen the poor as a distinct social group. But within the Roman world, from at least the

In this, the first comprehensive survey of the economies of classical antiquity, twenty-eight chapters summarise the current state of scholarship in their speci

While previous research has focused on the public discourse of wealth, little attention has thus far been paid to the perception of poverty and attitudes toward