Hirt A.M. Imperial Mines and Quarries in the Roman World. Organizational Aspects 27 BC - AD 235

Oxford - New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. – 566 p. – (Oxford Classical Monographs).
ISBN 978–0–19–957287–8The control over marble and metal resources was of major importance to the Roman Empire. The emperor’s freedmen and slaves, officers and soldiers of the Roman army, equestrian officials, as well as convicts and free labour were seconded to mines and quarries throughout Rome’s vast realm. Alfred Hirt’s comprehensive study defines the organizational outlines and the internal structures of the mining and quarrying ventures under imperial control. The themes addressed include: challenges faced by those in charge of these extractive operations; the key figures, their subaltern personnel and their respective responsibilities; the role of the Roman army; the use of civilian partners in quarrying or mining ventures; and the position of the quarrying or mining organizations within the framework of the imperial administration.Introduction
Geological Constraints and Organizational Implications
Imperial Quarries
Imperial MinesMining and Quarrying Districts
Metallum and territoria metallorum
Mining and Quarrying Districts
The Legal Nature of metalla and territoria metallorumImperial Officials and Extractive Operations
Procurators
Subaltern Officials
‘Headquarters’ of Imperial Extractive OperationsThe Roman Army and Imperial Extractive Operations
The Roman Army and Imperial Quarries
The Roman Army and Imperial Mines
The Roman Army and Extractive Operations
Imperial Officials and the Allocation of Responsibilities
Procurators
Subaltern Staff
The Function of Procurators and Imperial Personnel
Private Partners to Imperial Operations: Occupatores/Coloni and Conductores
Mines, occupatores/coloni and conductores
Quarry Labels and Quarrying Contractors
The Emperor and Imperial Extractive Operations
Metalla and Imperial Interventions
Palatine Bureaux and Extractive Operations
Imperial Mining and Quarrying Administration: A ConclusionGeneral Index