Chapter 1. Italian women of the past: their economic culture and actions (Manuela Mosca) -- Part I. Women in business -- Chapter 2. Isabella De Mari Doria, a female investor and gambler in the Genoese aristocracy (Antonio Iodice) -- Chapter 3. Women and business: fresh evidence from the probate...

At the 70th ‘anniversary’ of Münzer’s death, ancient history ‘celebrates’ a more than twice long history of debate on population matters in the Roman Republic and early Empire. More than 170 years of discussion have hitherto not led to any conclusive answer on the basic question...