Peasants and Slaves: The Rural Population of Roman Italy (200 BC to AD 100)
Author:   Alessandro Launaro (Darwin College, Cambridge)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781108730068


Pages:   363
Publication Date:   24 January 2019
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Peasants and Slaves: The Rural Population of Roman Italy (200 BC to AD 100)


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Author:   Alessandro Launaro (Darwin College, Cambridge)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.90cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 24.30cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9781108730068


ISBN 10:   110873006
Pages:   363
Publication Date:   24 January 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface; Introduction; Part I. An Outline of the Historical Demography of Roman Italy: 1. The Italian population under Augustus; 2. Competing arguments and relevant implications; Part II. Demography and Landscape Archaeology: Towards an Integration: 3. Absolute figures and relative trends; 4. A comparison of relevant trends; Part III. Archaeological Evidence from Surveys: 5. Site trends across Roman Italy; Part IV. The Rural Population of Roman Italy (200 BC–AD 100): 6. Settlement and demography; 7. A view of the countryside; Appendix. Survey projects database.

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'... this book is essential reading for both ancient historians and classical archaeologists as it presents the fundamental arguments concerning the demographic calculations of the Roman population and the contribution of archaeology to historical debates.' Arctos


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Alessandro Launaro is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge and a Research Fellow at Darwin College, Cambridge. He has taken part in surveys and excavations in Liguria, Tuscany and Marche, and is currently researching the relationship between population dynamics, rural settlement patterns and agrarian economic regimes across Roman Italy.

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