The role played by the Portus Augusti in flows of commerce between Rome and its Mediterranean ports
The role played by the Portus Augusti in flows of commerce between Rome and its Mediterranean ports
This paper addresss the issue of how Roman Mediterranean ports functioned as centres for importing, exporting and re-distributing merchandise, by re-appraising the archaeological, historical and epigraphic evidence from the most important of these, the Portus Augusti during the 2nd c AD. Portus served as the maritime port of Imperial Rome down until the at least the later 5th c AD, and as such was the hub of a system of ports that also included Ostia, Centumcellae and Rome itself. The paper addresses four major questions. (1) What was the administrative relationship of the port to the authorities in charge of importing food to Rome ? (2) How were ships and their cargoes managed upon arrival at the port ? (3) How successfully could its installations cope with the throughput of large numbers of ships and the processing of their cargoes ? (4) How extensive was the geographical range of imports passing through Portus on their way to Rome ?
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Austrian Academy of Sciences
Keay, S.
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2018
Keay, S.
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Keay, S.
(2018)
The role played by the Portus Augusti in flows of commerce between Rome and its Mediterranean ports.
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Woytek, Bernard
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Infrastructure and Distribution in Ancient Economies. : Proceedings of a conference held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 28-31 October 2014.
(Denkschriften der philosophisch-historischen Klasse, 506)
Infrastructure and Distribution in Ancient Economies. The Flow of Money, Goods and Services. International Congress (28/10/14 - 31/10/14)
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Austrian Academy of Sciences, .
(doi:10.2307/j.ctvddzgz9.10).
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This paper addresss the issue of how Roman Mediterranean ports functioned as centres for importing, exporting and re-distributing merchandise, by re-appraising the archaeological, historical and epigraphic evidence from the most important of these, the Portus Augusti during the 2nd c AD. Portus served as the maritime port of Imperial Rome down until the at least the later 5th c AD, and as such was the hub of a system of ports that also included Ostia, Centumcellae and Rome itself. The paper addresses four major questions. (1) What was the administrative relationship of the port to the authorities in charge of importing food to Rome ? (2) How were ships and their cargoes managed upon arrival at the port ? (3) How successfully could its installations cope with the throughput of large numbers of ships and the processing of their cargoes ? (4) How extensive was the geographical range of imports passing through Portus on their way to Rome ?
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