[Spectacle in the Roman World]

Yes, please include me too.

[Novels/fiction On The Gracchi]

Have any good novels/fiction been written on the brothers Gracchus? I am thinking something along the lines of Gore Vidal's Julian.

[Wealth Of The Romans]

G'day again everyone.

I've finished my philosophical studies and now i want to move on to something new: the wealthy of Rome. I've read that Julius Caesar and Marcus Crassus were both rich, especially Marcus Crassus (whose known wealth was estimated around 12 talents i believe). I was wandering if you people can help me find out about Roman currency, and who the richest people were in the times of the Roman Empire until the fall of the West. I'd especially like to know what a talent is (my ignorance in this area is showing through rather strongly, but i'm only a young chap, so while we live we learn eh?)

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Gidday Tobias. I am also very interested in Roman wealth and indeed the sociology of trade, markets, and the economy in general. What is it about us Aussies and money?

 

Peter Brown, the tsar of Late Antiquity and a Professor at Princeton, has been working on a book exploring the social and economic history of wealth in the late Roman Empire. I would love to know if anybody here is aware of any journal articles or book chapters of Brown's that might give us a taste of his book. Alternatively, the names of any other economic histories of Rome would be great.

 

Cheers.

[Welcome and Introduce Yourself Here]

Gidday y'all. What a fabulous site! I am an Aussie male, living in Sydney. After a career in business, I had my mid-life crisis in my mid-thrities and have returned to university for a double degree in maths and history (ancient through to Sep.11). This semester my main interest is the collapse of the Republic