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Imperial mines and quarries in the Roman world : organizational aspects, 27 BC - AD 235 / Alfred Michael Hirt.

By: Hirt, Alfred Michael, 1971-Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford classical monographsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. Description: xiv, 551 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 25 cmISBN: 9780199572878 (hbk.); 0199572879 (hbk.)Uniform titles: University press scholarship online. Subject(s): Quarries and quarrying -- Rome | Quarries and quarrying -- Rome -- Management | Mineral industries -- Rome | Mineral industries -- Rome -- ManagementDDC classification: 622.0937 LOC classification: TN277 | .H57 2010
Contents:
Geological constraints and organizational implications -- Mining and quarrying districts -- Imperial officials and extractive operations -- The Roman army and imperial extractive operations -- Imperial officials and the allocation of responsibilities -- Private partners to imperial operations : Occupatores/coloni and conductores -- The emperor and imperial extractive operations -- Imperial mining and quarrying administration : a conclusion.
Summary: The control over marble and metal resources was of major importance to the Roman Empire. Alfred Hirt's comprehensive study defines the organizational outlines and the internal structures of the mining and quarrying ventures under imperial control.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [446]-483) and indexes.

Geological constraints and organizational implications -- Mining and quarrying districts -- Imperial officials and extractive operations -- The Roman army and imperial extractive operations -- Imperial officials and the allocation of responsibilities -- Private partners to imperial operations : Occupatores/coloni and conductores -- The emperor and imperial extractive operations -- Imperial mining and quarrying administration : a conclusion.

The control over marble and metal resources was of major importance to the Roman Empire. Alfred Hirt's comprehensive study defines the organizational outlines and the internal structures of the mining and quarrying ventures under imperial control.