Geological constraints and organizational implications -- Mining and quarrying districts -- Imperial officials and extractive operations -- The Roman army and imperial extractive operations -- Imperial officials and the allocation of responsibilities -- Private partners to imperial operations : occupatores/coloni and conductores -- The emperor and imperial extractive operations -- Imperial mining and quarrying administration : a conclusion
Summary
The control over marble and metal resources was of major importance to the Roman Empire. Alfred Hirt's comprehensive study defines the organizational outlines and the internal structures of the mining and quarrying ventures under imperial control
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 446-483) and indexes
