The Economics of the Roman Stone Trade

The use of stone in vast quantities is a ubiquitous and defining feature of the material culture of the Roman world, yet has never received much attention in mainstream economic studies. In this volume, Russell provides a new and wide-ranging examination of the production, distribution, and use of carved stone objects throughout the Roman world, focusing on the market for stone and its supply to offer an assessment of the practicalities of stone transport and how the relationship between producer and customer functioned even over considerable distances.