Educated at Palermo, Rome and Heidelberg, the classical and economic historian Karl Julius Beloch (1845 1929) lived most of his life in Italy, becoming a professor extraordinarius of ancient history at the University of Rome in 1879. German scholars, notably Theodor Mommsen, criticised Beloch's work for his scepticism towards traditional material and his more subjective approach. In addition to important work on ancient demography, he produced this controversial yet influential opus, revised and published in four volumes between 1912 and 1927, in which he questions conventional views on Greek...

Educated at Palermo, Rome and Heidelberg, the classical and economic historian Karl Julius Beloch (1845 1929) lived most of his life in Italy, becoming a professor extraordinarius of ancient history at the University of Rome in 1879. German scholars, notably Theodor Mommsen, criticised Beloch's work for his scepticism towards traditional material and his more subjective approach. In addition to important work on ancient demography, he produced this controversial yet influential opus, revised and published in four volumes between 1912 and 1927, in which he questions conventional views on Greek...

Educated at Palermo, Rome and Heidelberg, the classical and economic historian Karl Julius Beloch (1845 1929) lived most of his life in Italy, becoming a professor extraordinarius of ancient history at the University of Rome in 1879. German scholars, notably Theodor Mommsen, criticised Beloch's work for his scepticism towards traditional material and his more subjective approach. In addition to important work on ancient demography, he produced this controversial yet influential opus, revised and published in four volumes between 1912 and 1927, in which he questions conventional views on Greek...

Der Althistoriker Julius Beloch prasentiert im vorliegenden Band eine ausfuhrliche und umfangreiche demographische Untersuchung der antiken Welt auf Basis statistischer Uberlieferungen. Dazu betrachtet er die unterschiedlichen Regionen und gibt Aufschluss uber die Zusammensetzung der Bevolkerung u. a. nach Altersklassen und sozialer Schichtung. Unveranderter Nachdruck der langst vergriffenen Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1886.