This book investigates demographic behaviour and population trends in Italy during the emergence of the Roman Empire. It unites literary and epigraphic sources

This book re-assesses the military, social and economic history of Roman Italy from the angle of population history.

Recent research has called into question the orthodox view that the last two centuries of the Roman Republic witnessed a decline of the free rural population. Y

This volume provides the first comprehensive survey of current methods, progress and debates in Roman demography, and offers new insights into key issues of pop

This second edition examines all aspects of Roman history, and contains a new introduction, three new chapters and updated bibliographies.