 The Two-Way Relationship Between Freedman and Business in the Roman WorldEgidio Incelli ()
A chapter in Ancient Economies in Comparative Perspective, 2022, pp 343-360 from Springer Abstract: Abstract This chapter takes into consideration those among freed slaves who conducted business in the Roman Empire, in order to understand whether their activities defined a real entrepreneurial dimension or not. The author’s approach focuses on the social phenomena connected to the subject, particularly on the impact that the management of financial and commercial activities had on the freedmen’s identity. Incelli gives particular importance to case studies which show that, even after achieving a significant wealth, some freedmen chose to pass over their business to fellow co-workers sharing the same social status rather than closing it down, even though such activities were scorned by Roman society. After this analysis, the author concludes that the lack of proper conditions inhibited the impact of a faint, yet existing, entrepreneurial mentality on a strongly conservative aristocratic society. Keywords: Slave labour; Institutional economic history; Roman economic history; Innovation; Economic growth (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:frochp:978-3-031-08763-9_18 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-08763-9_18 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Frontiers in Economic History from Springer |
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