The fourth OXREP conference took place 1–3 October 2009 at the Ioannou Classics Centre and focused on trade, with sessions on institutions and government stimuli, trade within the empire, and trade across imperial boundaries. Speakers included Philip Kay, Alan Bowman, Boudewijn Sirks, Elio Lo Cascio, Jean-Jacques Aubert, Hannah Friedman, Salvatore Martino, Colin Adams, William Harris, Ivan Radman, Ben Russell, Emanuele Papi, Danièle Foy, Michael Fulford, Michel Bonifay, Paul Reynolds, Andrew Wilson, Dario Nappo, David Peacock, Barbara Davidde, Roberta Tomber, David Graf, Raffaela Pierobon Benoit, and David Mattingly.
Programme
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Thursday 1 October
Government intervention or stimulation through fiscal instruments, markets, subsidies for military, long-distance supply etc.
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| 10.00 |
Coffee and registration |
| 10.30–13.00 |
Morning session |
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Philip Kay, Oxford – Financial institutions and structures in the last century of the Roman Republic
Alan Bowman, Oxford – Taxation and fiscal controls
Boudewijn Sirks, Oxford – Law, commerce, and finance
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| 13.00 |
Lunch
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| 14.00–15.30 |
Early-afternoon session
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Elio Lo Cascio, Rome Sapienza – Market regulation and transaction costs in the Roman Empire
Jean-Jacques Aubert, Neuchâtel – respondent
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| 15.30 |
Tea |
| 16.00–18.00 |
Late-afternoon session
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Hannah Friedman, Oxford – Supplying the Faynan: local resources vs imperial will
Salvatore Martino, Lecce – Transport in the Roman Mediterranean: an integrated system
Colin Adams, Liverpool – respondent
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| 18.00 |
Drinks |
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Friday 2 October
Trade and manufacture within the empire
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| 09.00–10:30 |
Early-morning session
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William Harris, Columbia — Trade in timber under the Roman empire
Ivan Radman, Arch. Mus. Zagreb — Prices and costs in the textile industry in the light of the lead tags from Siscia
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| 10.30 |
Coffee |
| 11.00–12.30 |
Late-morning session
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Ben Russell, Oxford — Moving mountains: contextualising the imperial stone trade
Emanuele Papi, Siena — Import and export in Mauretania Tingitana: the evidence from Thamusida
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| 12.30 |
Lunch
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| 13.30–15.00 |
Early-afternoon session |
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Danièle Foy, Aix-Marseille/CNRS — La circulation du verre en Méditerranée antique : matières premières, produits finis, vaisselle, vitres et contenants
Michael Fulford, Reading — The pull of the north: Gallo-Roman sigillata in Britain in the 2nd and 3rd centuries |
| 15.00 |
Tea |
| 15.30–17.30 |
Late-afternoon session |
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Michel Bonifay, Aix-Marseille/CNRS — The diffusion of African pottery under the Roman Empire: evidence and interpretation
Paul Reynolds, Barcelona — Supply networks of the Roman East and West: interaction, fragmentation, and the origins of Byzantine economy
Andrew Wilson, Oxford — respondent
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| 17.30 |
General discussion |
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Saturday 3 October
Eastern and Red Sea trade, India, Arabia and the deserts
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| 9.30–11.00 |
Early-morning session |
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Dario Nappo, Oxford — Cost, profit and figures in Red Sea trade
David Peacock, Southampton — The Roman Red Sea ports and the Chinese connection
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| 11.00 |
Coffee |
| 11.30–13.00 |
Late-morning session |
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Barbara Davidde, ISCN Rome — The port of Qana, a junction point between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea: the underwater evidence
Roberta Tomber, British Museum — respondent
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| 13.00 |
Lunch |
| 14.00–15.30 |
Early-afternoon session |
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David Graf, Miami — The Silk Road between Syria and China
Raffaela Pierobon Benoit, Naples Federico II — From Palmyra to Northern Mesopotamia: the archaeological evidence
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| 15.30 |
Tea |
| 16.00–18.00 |
Late-afternoon session |
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David Mattingly, Leicester — Rome and the Garamantes: practicalities and realities of Saharan trade
Andrew Wilson, Oxford — closing responses
General discussion
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| 18.00 |
Drinks |
