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The Reluctant Romans
2016
Overview
In the realm of entrepreneurship, the legacy of the ancient Romans stands in stark contrast to that of the enterprising Mesopotamians and Phoenicians. In fact, Rome bears the distinction of being among the least entrepreneurial civilizations not only of antiquity but of recorded history. This, of course, begs the question of why this civilization deserves a chapter in a book chronicling the history of entrepreneurship. Part of the answer is that the entrepreneurial experience in Rome is an insightful illustration of enterprise as practiced under unfavorable and at times evenhostileconditions.
Some civilizations, past and present, have consciously fostered
