Demography and the Graeco-Roman World: New Insights and Approaches

ISBN-13: 9781107526617 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 226 str.

Claire Holleran; April Pudsey

Opis

This book provides fresh perspectives on the uses of ancient demography for social, economic and political historians.

Spis treści

Introduction: studies in ancient historical demography Claire Holleran and April Pudsey; 1. Demography and development in classical antiquity Neville Morley; 2. Demography and classical Athens Ben Akrigg; 3. Nuptiality and the demographic life cycle of the family in Roman Egypt April Pudsey; 4. Family matters: fertility and its constraints in Roman Italy Saskia Hin; 5. Migration and the demes of Attica Claire Taylor; 6. Counting the Greeks in Egypt: immigration in the first century of Ptolemaic rule Christelle Fischer-Bovet; 7. Migration and the urban economy of Rome Claire Holleran; 8. From the margins to the centre-stage: some closing reflections on ancient historical demography Tim Parkin.