Michael Crawford, Diocletian’s Edict of Maximum Prices at the Civil Basilica in Aphrodisias, Aphrodisias XIII, Reichert Verlag Wiesbaden 2023, pp. XVI, 208 p., 35 plates: Michael Crawford, Diocletian’s Edict of Maximum Prices at the Civil Basilica in Aphrodisias, Aphrodisias XIII, Reichert Verlag Wiesbaden 2023, pp. XVI, 208 p., 35 plates

Andrea Bernier

doi:10.12775/KLIO.2025.019

Auteurs

Andrea Bernier Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7895-7169

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.12775/KLIO.2025.019

Mots-clés

late imperial legislation, epigraphy, Diocletian and the Tetrarchy, Prices Edict, naval transport

Résumé

Review of Michael Crawford's new edition of Diocletian's Edict of Maximum Prices at the Civil Basilica in Aphrodisias (Wiesbaden 2023).

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