Asia Minor under Rome was one of the wealthiest and developed parts of the Empire, but there have been few modern studies of its economics. This book includes twelve papers that study the direct impact of Roman rule; the organisation of large agricultural estates; changing patterns of olive production; and, inter-regional trade in the Black Sea.

Stephen Mitchell and Constantina Katsari, 'Introduction: the economy of Roman Asia Minor'; Thomas Corsten (Heidelberg), 'Estates in Roman Asia Minor: the case of Kibyratis'; Johannes Nolle (Munich), `Boars, bears and bugs: farming in Asia Minor and the protection of men, animals and crops'; Stephen Mitchell (Exeter), 'Olive cultivation in the economy of Roman Asia Minor'; David Braund (Exeter), 'Across the Black Sea: patterns of maritime exchange on the periphery of Roman Asia Minor'; Veli Kose (Cologne), 'The origin and development of market buildings in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor'; Arjan Zuiderhoek (Amsterdam), 'The icing on the cake: benefactors, economics and public buildings in Roman Asia Minor'; Giovanni Salmeri (Pisa), 'Central power intervention and the economy of the provinces in the Roman Empire: the case of Pontus and Bithynia'; Beate Dignas (Michigan), 'Sacred revenues in Roman hands: the economic dimension of sanctuaries in western Asia Minor'; Margherita Facella (Pisa), 'Coinage and the economy of Commagene'; Stanley Ireland (Warwick), 'Coinage in Roman Pontus and Paphlagonia: problems of evidence and interpretation'; Constantina Katsari (Galway), 'The monetization of Roman Asia Minor from Septimius Severus to Gallienus'; Hugh Elton (Ankara), 'Military supply and the south coast of Anatolia in the third century AD'; Turhan Kacar (Balikesir), 'Church councils and their impact on the economy of the cities in Roman Asia Minor'.