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This review is from: The Corn Supply of Ancient Rome (Oxford University Press academic monograph reprints) (Hardcover)
The Corn Supply of Ancient Rome is a very import book if you want to understand Rome, the Republic and the Empire. In this case the term means any cereal crop, especially wheat, barley, or oats, as the term is used in the UK and Ireland. It is important to understand the importance of corn because it was a big part of life in Rome and, therefore, politics. And politics shaped the institutions of the Roman Republic, many of which lived on to function within the machinery of the Roman Empire. Lives and wealth have been won or destroyed by the surplus or lack of corn. The book explains where it came from, what it was used for, how it was shipped, and how it was bought.
I would suggest reading, before, or afterwards, From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 BC to AD 68, which really seems to go well with this book. The History of Rome makes a lot more sense once you understand a lot of the factors that shaped Roman life, from slavery to the games, from the army to the corn supply.
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