Explaining the Maritime Freight Charges in Diocletian's Price Edict
7 Pages Posted: 1 Apr 2013
Date Written: March 31, 2013
Abstract
Geospatial modeling enables us to relate the maritime freight charges imposed by the tetrarchic price controls of 301 CE to simulated sailing time. This exercise demonstrates that price variation is to a large extent a function of variation in sailing time and suggests that the published rates are more realistic than previously assumed.
Keywords: Maritime trade, Diocletian, Roman economy
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Scheidel, Walter, Explaining the Maritime Freight Charges in Diocletian's Price Edict (March 31, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2242577 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2242577
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