Book contents
- Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China
- Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Maps
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chronology of the Ancient Mediterranean
- Chronology of Ancient China
- Maps of Ancient China, Greece, and Rome
- The Many Faces of “the People” in the Ancient World
- Part I Authority and Lifestyles of Distinction
- Part II The People as Agents and Addressees
- Chapter 4 Rhetoric, Oratory and People in Ancient Rome and Early China
- Chapter 5 Female Commoners and the Law in Early Imperial China
- Chapter 6 Registers of “the People” in Greece, Rome, and China
- Chapter 7 Food Distribution for the People
- Part III Inversions of the People: Emperors and Tyrants
- Part IV Identities and “Others”
- Glossary
- Index
- References
Chapter 7 - Food Distribution for the People
Welfare, Food, and Feasts in Qin/Han China and in Rome
from Part II - The People as Agents and Addressees
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2021
Book contents
- Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China
- Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Maps
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chronology of the Ancient Mediterranean
- Chronology of Ancient China
- Maps of Ancient China, Greece, and Rome
- The Many Faces of “the People” in the Ancient World
- Part I Authority and Lifestyles of Distinction
- Part II The People as Agents and Addressees
- Chapter 4 Rhetoric, Oratory and People in Ancient Rome and Early China
- Chapter 5 Female Commoners and the Law in Early Imperial China
- Chapter 6 Registers of “the People” in Greece, Rome, and China
- Chapter 7 Food Distribution for the People
- Part III Inversions of the People: Emperors and Tyrants
- Part IV Identities and “Others”
- Glossary
- Index
- References
Summary
Some 2,000 years ago, two “food empires” occupied the eastern and western sides of Eurasia, and sustained themselves on the concrete foundations of the food mechanism: production, collection, and distribution.1 They established and expanded their empires by acquiring more cultivable land and people, by encouraging or enforcing people to yield more agricultural products, and by developing infrastructures and systems to produce and circulate food more effectively. Rulers in both places invested much effort in policies destined to optimize their food systems of sustainability.2
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