Demography of Roman Italy - Population Dynamics in an Ancient Conquest Society 201 Bce-14 Ce

This book investigates demographic behaviour and population trends in Italy during the emergence of the Roman Empire.

List of contents

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.

About the author

Saskia Hin is a Researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Saskia Hin, Saskia (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Hin, Hin Saskia
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781108406536
• ISBN: 978-1-108-40653-6
• No. of pages: 420
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient World, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Population & demography, Population and Demography, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology