audiences -- Lingering questions about imperial Rome -- The many faces of Roman economic history -- From fine-grained to 'big …, controversies, and confusion in Roman economic history -- Proxy evidence : extrapolation or hypothesis testing? -- Rome's 99 …? -- Conclusion : Rome's place in a global history of development …

countryside. Drawing on such new data, the volume 'The Economic Integration of Roman Italy', edited by Tymon de Haas and Gijs Tol …, presents a series of papers that explore the changes Rome's territorial and economic expansion brought about in the countryside …. As such, the volume contributes to a re-assessment of Roman economic history in light of concepts such as globalisation …

This book re-assesses the military, social and economic history of Roman Italy from the angle of population history. … -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 Evidence, theories and models in Roman population history -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 ROMAN DEMOGRAPHY … Republic -- 2.2.3 Some further implications -- 2.4 THE POPULATION OF ITALY IN 225 BC -- 2.5 THE POLYBIAN MANPOWER FIGURES AND …