| Description |
1 online resource (408 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; PEASANTS, CITIZENS AND SOLDIERS; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Maps; Note on abbreviations; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Evidence, theories and models in Roman population history; 1.1 INTRODUCTION ; 1.2 ROMAN DEMOGRAPHY: LOW COUNT VERSUS HIGH COUNT |
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1.3 TRADITIONAL TYPES OF EVIDENCE: LITERARY SOURCES AND RURAL SURVEY DATA 1.4 NEW APPROACHES ; 1.4.1 Evidence for land clearance; 1.4.2 Evidence for the size of Italian towns; 1.4.3 Osteological evidence; 1.4.4 Estimates of carrying capacity; 1.4.5 Comparative evidence; 1.4.6 Climate change |
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1.4.7 Commercial grain imports1.4.8 Imperial expansion and population growth; 1.5 OLD AND NEW APPROACHES TO ROMAN DEMOGRAPHY: STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS ; CHAPTER 2 Polybius' manpower figures and the size of the Italian population on the eve of the Hannibalic War; 2.1 INTRODUCTION ; 2.1.1 Low count |
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2.1.2 High count2.1.3 Other interpretations; 2.2 SOME WEAKNESSES OF EXISTING INTERPRETATIONS ; 2.2.1 Towards a new interpretation: the background to the tally of 225 BC |
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2.2.2 Age groups in the armies of the Republic2.2.3 Some further implications; 2.4 THE POPULATION OF ITALY IN 225 BC ; 2.5 THE POLYBIAN MANPOWER FIGURES AND ROMAN MOBILIZATION RATES ; 2.6 CONCLUSIONS |
| Summary |
Re-assesses the military, social and economic history of Roman Italy from the angle of population history |
| Notes |
Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed 19 Dec 2012) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-381) and index |
| Subject |
History, Ancient -- General
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781139003834 |
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1139003836 |
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9781107013186 |
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1107013186 |
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9781107308619 |
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1107308615 |
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9781107306417 |
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1107306418 |
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