Industry and Empire : administration of the Roman and Byzantine Faynan

The aim of this thesis is to gain a greater understanding of metalla, the imperially owned mining and quarrying districts of the Roman and Byzantine Empires. These extraction industries, and their products, were vital for the State to supply the army and to provide metals for coinage and marble for...

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Main Author: Friedman, Hannah Ariel
Other Authors: Mattingly, David ; Gillings, Mark
Published: University of Leicester 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492788