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    One of the factors that led to the fall of Rome. The Empire's inflexible approach to economy made a bad situation worse. ...
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    Signs of ongoing commerce: the tablettes Albertini
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    Author: * Julilla Sempronius - 2 Posts on this thread out of 935 Posts sitewide.
    Date: Jan 25, 2007 - 19:51

    Last year as I was researching new Roman cursive letter forms, I came upon mention of the Tablettes Albertini, which date to the fifth century CE. These 45 tablets, forming 34 separate documents in all, contain legal contracts which tend to indicate that the economic life of Roman North Africa was still reasonably healthy following the Vandal Invasion. However, most of the site discussing these documents are in French (which I ought to brush up on) or German, such as Das Recht der Tablettes Albertini by Hendrik Weßel, and my German is similarly in need of a brush-up.

    Has anyone else studied these tablets? They're far less well-known than the huge body of evidence from Vindolanda, however, they would seem to be a good primary source for evidence of the ongoing economy of Roman Africa after the fall.


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