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Excerpt from Roman Economic Conditions to the Close of the Republic Thheeonomlcotudydkmmundertokenondpnc tically completed in {nllmentolmyobligutjonooo Ala onder Mackenzie Fellow in Political Science In the Univenity of Toronto during the oesiono 3902-1904. The subject was suggested by Professor Seligman's-review'of Henri Proneotte'o L' Indum'e dam la 61200 endemic in the Pwsmm Quarterly (vol. Xvi, No. The aim throughout has been torelntetheoubjectwthepfimarymm. Ihovebeen careful. Therefore. To mod the original. And to verify referetweo contained in the secondary, literature. Students who dioogree with the conclusions which have been deduced will be grateful. I believe. That there has been thus collated the material from which conclusions may be drawn. I have not thought it expedient to encumber the foot-notes with an army of mud ary literature. I em none the less greatly indebted to various writers for valuable hints and suggestiona In gomeral I have considered it a suficient acknowledgment of the assist anecwhichunauthorhoorendemdmetoincludehiswork in my bibliography. No one, however. Can investigate my period of Roman history without being indebted to'the monu mentolwoddheodormommoen. Dumudelnmalle'o Economic pomiquc dc: Romain: is somewhat antiquated. But thestudentofromaneconomichistorycannotaordto neglect it. Deloume's Les Manic: d'argmt a Rome is ex ceedingly suggestive and brilliant, and I have used it with advantage. The quaint old volumes, The Husbandry o} the ancienhbyadamdickson.areapatientondlaborious, if uncritical. Study of Roman agriculture; I felt more at liberty toavailmyoelfofhisworkhecauseitiswithinthereach of comparatively few students. The writings of Marquardt. W. Warde Fowler, Lanciani. Belot. I-ialkin. Prax, Humbert, Waltzing, Cagnot, -ihne, and the Antiguitics of Smith. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of