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2 - Developments in the Early Imperial Italian Economy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2025

Bart Danon
Bart Danon
Affiliation:
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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This chapter examines the development of the Italian economy over the first two centuries CE. It re-evaluates two prevalent narratives– declining economic performance and increasing inequality– using proxy data. The evidence indicates that both trends were relatively modest, began only towards the end of this period, and were marked by significant regional and local variation.

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Roman Italyeconomic performancediachronic developmentEarly Empireeconomic declineinceasing inequalityproxy data

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Wealth, Office and Rank in Roman Italy , pp. 21 - 39
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025
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