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Author:   Alan Bowman (Camden Professor of Ancient History, University of Oxford) ,  Andrew Wilson (Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, Universiy of Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.10cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.352kg
ISBN:  

9780199679294

ISBN 10:   0199679290
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   13 June 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Alan Bowman & Andrew Wilson: Introduction. Quantifying the Roman economy: integration, growth, decline? I. Urbanization 2: Elio Lo Cascio: Urbanization as a proxy of demographic and economic growth 3: Roger Bagnall: Response to Elio Lo Cascio II. Field survey and demography 4: Willem Jongman: Archaeology, demography, and Roman economic growth 5: Elizabeth Fentress: Peopling the countryside: Roman demography in the Albegna Valley and Jerba 6: David Mattingly: Peopling ancient landscapes: potential and problems III. Agriculture 7: Alan Bowman: Quantifying Egyptian agriculture 8: Roger Bagnall: Response to Alan Bowman IV. Trade 9: Andrew Wilson: Approaches to quantifying Roman trade 10: Michael Fulford: Approaches to quantifying Roman trade: response 11: William Harris: A comment on Andrew Wilson: 'Approaches to quantifying Roman trade' V. Coinage 12: Bruce Hitchner: Coinage and metal supply 13: Matthew Ponting: Roman silver coinage: mints, metallurgy, and production 14: Chris Howgego: Some numismatic approaches to quantifying the Roman economy VI. Prices, earnings and standards of living 15: Dominic Rathbone: Earnings and costs: living standards and the Roman economy 16: Bob Allen: How prosperous were the Romans? 17: Walter Scheidel: New ways of studying incomes in the Roman economy

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well-edited and nicely-produced A. J. Parker, International Journal of Nautical Archaeology The character of the volume is both exploratory and searching ... commendable and extremely useful undertaking systematically to compile quantifiable evidence. Peter Fibiger Bang, Journal of Roman Studies this volume does truely offer a reasonably varied, balanced and up-to-date overview of the methods and problems in quantifying the Roman economy, thus effectively contributing to a central debate in Roman studies. Being the first of a series, it certainly places a heavy burden of high expectations on forthcoming volumes. Alessandro Launaro, University of Cambridge

well-edited and nicely-produced A. J. Parker, International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

well-edited and nicely-produced * A. J. Parker, International Journal of Nautical Archaeology * The character of the volume is both exploratory and searching ... commendable and extremely useful undertaking systematically to compile quantifiable evidence. * Peter Fibiger Bang, Journal of Roman Studies * this volume does truely offer a reasonably varied, balanced and up-to-date overview of the methods and problems in quantifying the Roman economy, thus effectively contributing to a central debate in Roman studies. Being the first of a series, it certainly places a heavy burden of high expectations on forthcoming volumes. * Alessandro Launaro, University of Cambridge *

Author Information

Alan Bowman is Camden Professor Emeritus of Ancient History and Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford. His research interests focus on papyrology, the Vindolanda Writing tablets, and the social and economic history of Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt and the Roman Empire. Andrew Wilson is Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and Chairman of the Society for Libyan Studies. He has directed excavations in Italy, Tunisia, and Libya, and is the author of numerous articles on ancient water supply, ancient technology, economy, and trade.

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