Demography and the Graeco-Roman world : new insights and approaches /
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: studies in ancient historical demography Claire Holleran and April Pudsey; 1. Demography and development in classical antiquity Neville Morley; 2. Demography and classical Athens Ben Akrigg; 3. Nuptiality and the demographic life cycle of the family in Roman Egypt April Pudsey; 4. Family matters: fertility and its constraints in Roman Italy Saskia Hin; 5. Migration and the demes of Attica Claire Taylor; 6. Counting the Greeks in Egypt: immigration in the first century of Ptolemaic rule Christelle Fischer-Bovet; 7. Migration and the urban economy of Rome Claire Holleran; 8. From the margins to the centre-stage: some closing reflections on ancient historical demography Tim Parkin