Debating Roman demography / / edited by Walter Scheidel.
In conjection 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 demogr...
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| Superior document: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 211 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : Brill,, 2001. |
| Year of Publication: | 2001 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mnemosyne, Supplements
211. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 242 pages) :; illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- 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
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
- INDEX
- SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE.