ISBN:
9789004351097
,
9004351094
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 242 pages)
,
illustrations
Edition:
[S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
Series Statement:
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum 211
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Debating Roman demography
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Debating Roman demography
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.6/0945/632
Keywords:
Demography
;
Demography history
;
Demography
;
Population
;
Bevölkerung
;
Demographie
;
Geschichte
;
Demografie
;
Geschiedbronnen
;
Onderzoeksmethoden
;
Bevolkingsopbouw
;
History
;
Rome Population
;
History
;
Römisches Reich
;
Rome (Empire)
Abstract:
"In conjunction with an extensive critical survey of recent advances and controversies in Roman demography, the four case-studies in this volume illustrate a variety of different approaches to the study of ancient population history. The contributions address a number of crucial issues in Roman demography from the evolution of the academic field to seasonal patterns of fertility, the number of Roman citizens, population pressure in the early Roman empire, and the end of classical urbanism in late antiquity. This is the first collaborative volume of its kind. It is designed to introduce ancient historians and classicists to demographic, comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives, and to situate and contextualize Roman population studies in the wider ambit of historical demography."--Jacket
Abstract:
Progress and problems in Roman demography / Walter Scheidel -- The seasonal birthing cycle of Roman women / Brent D. Shaw -- Recruitment and the size of the Roman population from the third to the first century BCE / Elio Lo Cascio -- More is worse: some observations on the population of the Roman empire / Bruce W. Frier -- Urban population in Late Roman Egypt and the end of the ancient world / Richard Alston.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-235) and index
,
Electronic reproduction
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