Demography of Roman Italy

Demography of Roman Italy

Population Dynamics in an Ancient Conquest Society 201 BCE-14 CE

Hin, Saskia (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

Cambridge University Press

07/2017

420

Mole

Inglês

9781108406536

15 a 20 dias

This book investigates demographic behaviour and population trends in Italy during the emergence of the Roman Empire. It unites literary and epigraphic sources with demographic theory, archaeological surveys, climatic and skeletal evidence, models and comparative data. Also featured is a chapter on climate change in Roman times.
Part I. Economic and Ecological Parameters: 1. Introduction; 2. Framing the economic setting: structure and development; 3. Climate and climatic change; Part II. The Demographic Parameters: Mortality, Fertility and Migration: 4. Mortality; 5. Fertility; 6. Migration; Part III. Population Size: 7. Counting Romans; 8. Archaeology and population: demography from potsherds? 9. Summary and conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2.
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