Trade Traders and the Ancient City

<p>Trade exchange and commerce touched the lives of everyone in antiquity especially those who lived in urban areas. <em>Trade Traders and the Ancient City</em> addresses the nature of exchange and commerce and the effects it had in cities throughout the ancient world from the Bronze Age Near East to late Roman northern Italy.<br><em>Trade Traders and the Ancient City</em> employs the most recent archaeological papyrological epigraphic and literary evidence to present an innovative and timely analysis of the importance and influence of trade in the ancient world.</p>