By studying the three hundred census returns that survive on papyri from Roman Egypt, the authors reconstruct the patterns of mortality, marriage, fertility and

A pioneering comparative and multidisciplinary study of the interaction between local disease environments and demographic structure, this book breaks new groun

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

Fragile Hierarchies deals with the world of the urban elites of third century Roman Egypt. It discusses economic, social and demographic aspects of the position

This handbook, arranged in seven thematic sections, is unique in drawing together many different strands of research on Roman Egypt, in order to suggest both th