In the ancient world the practical sciences of ethics, politics and economics formed a familiar triad. Since then, however, the field of practical philosophy within academic philosophy as a whole has put the emphasis on ethical issues, with politics and economics generally receding into the background. This volume gives an account of the economics of antiquity and their relationship to politics and ethics as a topoi of practical ancient philosophy and examines this philosophical discipline in terms of contemporary issues, for instance with reference to state revenue, entrepreneurship and conceptions of humanity.