 ... industry or from commerce directed by Latins, if we may trust the evidence of archaeology now available. It was the produce of a rich soil cultivated with unusual intensity which paid for it, and kept alive a thick population such as would probably...  An Economic History of Rome - Page 9by Tenney Frank - 2006 - 519 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Economics - 1919 - 982 pages
...alive a thick population such as would probably compare with the swarming tenancies of the Po Valley today. There are numerous relics from that remarkable...secured returns for such enormous expenditure of labor, and, when asked to suggest an explanation for these ancient works, resorts to fantastic theories of... | |
 | Classical literature - 1920 - 370 pages
...population such as would probably compare with the swarming tenancies of the Po Valley today" (270). There are numerous relics from that remarkable agricultural...drains, tunnels and dams that are all too little known. A convenient place to study the intricate draining system . . . is the district below Velletri. Here... | |
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