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Author:   Alan Bowman (Director, Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents) ,  Andrew Wilson (Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, University of Oxford.)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.40cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.20cm
Weight:   0.666kg
ISBN:  

9780199602353

ISBN 10:   0199602352
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   22 December 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction A. Bowman & A. Wilson: Survey Method and Data 1: S. Price: Estimating Ancient Greek Populations: The Evidence of Field Survey 2: R. Witcher: Missing Persons? Models of Mediterranean Regional Survey and Ancient Populations 3: D. Mattingly: Calculating Ploughzone Demographics: Some insights from arid zone surveys 4: P. Attema and T. de Haas: Rural Settlement and Population Extrapolation, a Case Study from the ager of Antium, central Italy (350 BC- AD 400) Urbanization 5: N. Morley: Cities, Demography, and Development in the Roman Empire 6: A. Wislon: City Sizes and Urbanization in the Roman Empire 7: A. Marzano: Rank-size analysis of Roman cities in Iberia and Britain 8: J. Hanson: The Urban System of Roman Asia Minor and Wider Urban Connectivity 9: S. Keay & G. Earl: Towns and Territories in Roman Baetica 10: A. Bowman: Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt: Population and Settlement

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<br> This book emerges from one of the many fruitful colloquiums organised as part of the Oxford Roman Economy Project...this volume ultimately achieves what it intends; that is, to assess and analyse quantifiable data on the Roman economy as well as to provide interpretations for how these data fit within wider categories of economic behaviour, institutions and processes. --Bryn Mawr Classical Review<p><br>

This book emerges from one of the many fruitful colloquiums organised as part of the Oxford Roman Economy Project...this volume ultimately achieves what it intends; that is, to assess and analyse quantifiable data on the Roman economy as well as to provide interpretations for how these data fit within wider categories of economic behaviour, institutions and processes. --Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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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