Demography And Roman Society

Author : Tim G. Parkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demography and Roman Society written by Tim G. Parkin and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How long did ancient Romans live? What were the leading causes of death? At what age did they marry? What percentage of the infant mortality rate was due to infanticide? Did the Romans themselves keep accurate statistics? Previous attempts to answer such questions have often proved unconvincing - in part because historians lacked the detailed knowledge of demography needed for such investigations. In Demography and Roman Society Tim Parkin shows how modern demographic tools and techniques can be used to shed new light on the study of ancient society. In Part One Parkin shows how the ancient evidence - from inscriptions on Roman tombstones to the skeletons themselves - cannot be used to provide reliable data on such demographic issues as population distribution by age, geographical location, class, and sex. In Part Two he presents an overview of modern demographic methods and models. Part Three draws some general conclusions about life in the Roman world based on demographic analysis, including mortality, fertility, marriage, contraception, and abortion.

Author : Tim G. Parkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780598033949
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demography and Roman Society written by Tim G. Parkin and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Saskia Hin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107003938
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Demography of Roman Italy written by Saskia Hin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Roger S. Bagnall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521461235
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Demography of Roman Egypt written by Roger S. Bagnall and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-06-16 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By studying the three hundred census returns that survive on papyri from Roman Egypt, the authors reconstruct the patterns of mortality, marriage, fertility and migration that are likely to have prevailed in Roman Egypt.

Author : Tim G. Parkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Age and the Aged in Roman Society written by Tim G. Parkin and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Walter Scheidel
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004115255
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Debating Roman Demography written by Walter Scheidel and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2001 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides the first comprehensive survey of current methods, progress and debates in Roman demography, and offers new insights into key issues of population change and reproductive behaviour in the Roman world from Italy to Egypt.

Author : Tim G. Parkin
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801871283
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old Age in the Roman World written by Tim G. Parkin and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003-05-07 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Noting that privileges granted to the aged generally took the form of exemptions from duties rather than positive benefits, Tim Parkin argues that the elderly were granted no privileged status or guaranteed social role. At the same time, they were permitted - and expected - to continue to participate actively in society for as long as they were able."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Claire Holleran
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139499637
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demography and the Graeco-Roman World written by Claire Holleran and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a series of case studies this book demonstrates the wide-ranging impact of demographic dynamics on social, economic and political structures in the Graeco-Roman world. The individual case studies focus on fertility, mortality and migration and the roles they played in various aspects of ancient life. These studies – drawn from a range of populations in Athens and Attica, Rome and Italy, and Graeco-Roman Egypt – illustrate how new insights can be gained by applying demographic methods to familiar themes in ancient history. Methodological issues are addressed in a clear, straightforward manner with no assumption of prior technical knowledge, ensuring that the book is accessible to readers with no training in demography. The book marks an important step forward in ancient historical demography, affirming both the centrality of population studies in ancient history and the contribution that antiquity can make to population history in general.

Author : Richard P. Saller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521599788
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Patriarchy, Property and Death in the Roman Family written by Richard P. Saller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative study of the patriarchy belies the accepted notion of the father figure as tyrannical and exploitative.

Author : Harriet I. Flower
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107032245
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic written by Harriet I. Flower and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition examines all aspects of Roman history, and contains a new introduction, three new chapters and updated bibliographies.