ISBN:
9781107013186
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [s.l.] eblib
Series Statement:
EBL-Schweitzer
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. (Hbk.) Ligt, Luuk de, 1963 - Peasants, citizens and soldiers
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. (Pbk.) Peasants, citizens and soldiers
DDC:
304.6093709014
Keywords:
Italy -- Population -- History
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Rome -- History -- Republic, 265-30 B.C
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Rome -- History -- Antonines, 96-192
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Italy ; Population ; History
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Rome ; History ; Antonines, 96-192
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Rome ; History ; Republic, 265-30 B.C
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Römisches Reich
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Demographie
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Geschichte 225 v. Chr.-100
Abstract:
This book re-assesses the military, social and economic history of Roman Italy from the angle of population history.
Abstract:
Cover -- PEASANTS, CITIZENS AND SOLDIERS -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables -- Maps -- Note on abbreviations -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 Evidence, theories and models in Roman population history -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 ROMAN DEMOGRAPHY: LOW COUNT VERSUS HIGH COUNT -- 1.3 TRADITIONAL TYPES OF EVIDENCE: LITERARY SOURCES AND RURAL SURVEY DATA -- 1.4 NEW APPROACHES -- 1.4.1 Evidence for land clearance -- 1.4.2 Evidence for the size of Italian towns -- 1.4.3 Osteological evidence -- 1.4.4 Estimates of carrying capacity -- 1.4.5 Comparative evidence -- 1.4.6 Climate change -- 1.4.7 Commercial grain imports -- 1.4.8 Imperial expansion and population growth -- 1.5 OLD AND NEW APPROACHES TO ROMAN DEMOGRAPHY: STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS -- CHAPTER 2 Polybius' manpower figures and the size of the Italian population on the eve of the Hannibalic War -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.1.1 Low count -- 2.1.2 High count -- 2.1.3 Other interpretations -- 2.2 SOME WEAKNESSES OF EXISTING INTERPRETATIONS -- 2.2.1 Towards a new interpretation: the background to the tally of 225 BC -- 2.2.2 Age groups in the armies of the Republic -- 2.2.3 Some further implications -- 2.4 THE POPULATION OF ITALY IN 225 BC -- 2.5 THE POLYBIAN MANPOWER FIGURES AND ROMAN MOBILIZATION RATES -- 2.6 CONCLUSIONS -- CHAPTER 3 Census procedures and the meaning of the republican and early-imperial census figures -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.1.1 A very short account of the republican census -- 3.1.2 The central problem: census procedures and registration rates -- 3.2 THE TARGET POPULATION OF THE REPUBLICAN CENSUSES: IUNIORES AND SENIORES -- 3.2.1 Citizens sui iuris and citizens alieni iuris -- 3.2.2 Cives optimo iure and cives sine suffragio -- 3.2.3 Legionaries serving outside Italy -- 3.2.4 Assidui and proletarii -- 3.3 CENTRALIZED AND DECENTRALIZED CENSUS PROCEDURES BEFORE THE SOCIAL WAR.
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; PEASANTS, CITIZENS AND SOLDIERS; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Maps; Note on abbreviations; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Evidence, theories and models in Roman population history; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 ROMAN DEMOGRAPHY: LOW COUNT VERSUS HIGH COUNT; 1.3 TRADITIONAL TYPES OF EVIDENCE: LITERARY SOURCES AND RURAL SURVEY DATA; 1.4 NEW APPROACHES; 1.4.1 Evidence for land clearance; 1.4.2 Evidence for the size of Italian towns; 1.4.3 Osteological evidence; 1.4.4 Estimates of carrying capacity; 1.4.5 Comparative evidence; 1.4.6 Climate change; 1.4.7 Commercial grain imports
Description / Table of Contents:
1.4.8 Imperial expansion and population growth1.5 OLD AND NEW APPROACHES TO ROMAN DEMOGRAPHY: STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS; CHAPTER 2 Polybius' manpower figures and the size of the Italian population on the eve of the Hannibalic War; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.1.1 Low count; 2.1.2 High count; 2.1.3 Other interpretations; 2.2 SOME WEAKNESSES OF EXISTING INTERPRETATIONS; 2.2.1 Towards a new interpretation: the background to the tally of 225 BC; 2.2.2 Age groups in the armies of the Republic; 2.2.3 Some further implications; 2.4 THE POPULATION OF ITALY IN 225 BC
Description / Table of Contents:
2.5 THE POLYBIAN MANPOWER FIGURES AND ROMAN MOBILIZATION RATES2.6 CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 3 Census procedures and the meaning of the republican and early-imperial census figures; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.1.1 A very short account of the republican census; 3.1.2 The central problem: census procedures and registration rates; 3.2 THE TARGET POPULATION OF THE REPUBLICAN CENSUSES: IUNIORES AND SENIORES; 3.2.1 Citizens sui iuris and citizens alieni iuris; 3.2.2 Cives optimo iure and cives sine suffragio; 3.2.3 Legionaries serving outside Italy; 3.2.4 Assidui and proletarii
Description / Table of Contents:
3.3 CENTRALIZED AND DECENTRALIZED CENSUS PROCEDURES BEFORE THE SOCIAL WAR3.4 THE CENSUS FIGURE FOR 86/85 BC; 3.5 SOME OTHER PIECES OF EVIDENCE; 3.6 REPUBLICAN CENSUS PROCEDURES: SOME PROVISIONAL CONCLUSIONS; 3.7 A CHANGE IN REGISTRATION OR REPORTING PRACTICES UNDER AUGUSTUS?; 3.7.1 Interpreting the Augustan census figures: philological and technical arguments; 3.7.2 Comparative perspectives on the Augustan census figures; 3.6 CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 4 Peasants, citizens and soldiers, 201 BC-28 BC; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 DEVELOPMENTS BETWEEN 201 BC AND 163 BC: FOUR QUESTIONS
Description / Table of Contents:
4.2.1 The impact of the Hannibalic War and the census figure for 203 BC4.2.2 Demographic recovery after the Second Punic War; 4.2.3 The rationale behind viritane distributions and colonization; 4.2.4 The low count and the spread of agricultural slavery; 4.3 DEVELOPMENTS BETWEEN 163 BC AND 133 BC:THE BACKGROUND TO THE GRACCHAN LAND REFORMS; 4.3.1 The Gracchan land reforms in the literary tradition; 4.3.2 Theories of demographic decline: poverty and its consequences; 4.3.3 More slaves = fewer rural citizens?; 4.3.4 Recruitment and losses on the battlefield
Description / Table of Contents:
4.3.5 An alternative low-count reconstruction
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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