Preface page vii
Acknowledgements ix
List of abbreviations x
Glossary xii
Table of monetary equivalencies xvii
Map xviii
 Introduction 
 The financial activities of the elite 
 Banks and bankers 
 Other categories of financiers 
 Dependants 
 The tablets of Murecine 
 The tesserae nummulariae 
 The interest rate 
 Rome’s responses to financiers and financial crises 
 The financial activities of the city of Rome and of the
Empire 
 The problem of quantities and quantitative developments 
 Financial life in Roman society and economy 
Bibliographical essay 
Bibliography 
Index 