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Introduction W. V. Harris Harris, W. V. 1
1 The Monetary Use of Weighed Bullion in Archaic Greece John H. Kroll Kroll, John H. 12
2 What Was Money in Ancient Greece? David M. Schaps Schaps, David M. 38
3 Money and Tragedy Richard Seaford Seaford, Richard 49
4 The Elasticity of the Money-Supply at Athens Edward E. Cohen Cohen, Edward E. 66
5 Coinage as 'Code' in Ptolemaic Egypt J. G. Manning Manning, J. G. 84
6 The Demand for Money in the Late Roman Republic David B. Hollander Hollander, David B. 112
7 Money and Prices in the Early Roman Empire David Kessler Kessler, David Peter Temin Temin, Peter 137
8 The Function of Gold Coinage in the Monetary Economy of the Roman Empire Elio Lo Cascio Lo Cascio, Elio 160
9 The Nature of Roman Money W. V. Harris Harris, W. V. 174
10 The Use and Survival of Coins and of Gold and Silver in the Vesuvian Cities Jean Andreau Andreau, Jean 208
11 Money and Credit in Roman Egypt Peter van Minnen van Minnen, Peter 226
12 The Monetization of the Roman Frontier Provinces Constantina Katsari Katsari, Constantina 242
13 The Divergent Evolution of Coinage in Eastern and Western Eurasia Walter Scheidel Scheidel, Walter 267
References 287
Index 323
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Paul Tulley
reviewed The Monetary Systems of the Greeks and Romans on February 26, 2015
The Monetary Systems of the Greeks and Romans
A good book, in which Glete first lays down the theoretical framework of his views on early modern state building: that fiscal-military states are complex organizations created by innovative rulers and they were possible because the state more and more became the most efficient protection seller within a country. Then, he examines Spain, Dutch Republic and Sweden's state building efforts according to this theory.
His ideas generally make sense and are well written, but they don't go much further than debunking myths about absolutism and explaining the steps of early modern state building. Glete doesn't really explain why most other European countries created fiscal-military organizations later than the three countries he examines. Was it because their rulers were not innovative or skilled enough? Why did Castille and Sweden succeed in curtailing their estates and setting up permanent taxation and large professional armies, while France, England or Austria couldn't (until much later)? These are relevant questions which were poorly, if at all addressed by Glete. Additionally, repetition of his theoretical formulations (like the one I summarized in the first paragraph) again and again makes the book more boring and monotonous than it could have been.
What Glete handled perfectly is the short summaries and analyses of histiography in both theoretical and case-study chapters. These really put his study in the proper context, and is very important for especially beginners in the field (like me) so that they don't take Glete's book as objective historical truth, but as a possible explanation of how (but sadly, not why) European fiscal-military states came about.
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