The resilience of the Roman Empire : regional case studies on the relationship between population and food resources / edited by Dimitri Van Limbergen, Sadi Maréchal and Wim De Clercq.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Limbergen, Dimitri van, editor.

Maréchal, Sadi, editor.

De Clercq, Wim, editor.

Series:

BAR international series ; 3000.

BAR international series ; 3000

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Economic aspects--Rome.

Agriculture.

Rome--Population.

Rome.

Agriculture--Economic aspects.

Population.

Rome (Empire).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 145 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

The Resilience of the Roman Empire discusses the relationship between population and regional development in the Roman world from the perspective of archaeology. By adapting a comparative approach, the focus of the volume lies on exploring the various ways in which regional communities actively responded to population growth or decline in order to keep going on the land available to them. The starting point of the theoretical framework for the case studies is the agricultural intensification models developed by Thomas Malthus and Ester Boserup. In order to advance the debate on the validity of these models for identifying the societal and economic pathways of the Roman world, the contributors incorporate the concepts of resilience and diversity into their approach, and shift attention from the longue-durée to how people managed to sustain themselves over shorter periods of time.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 5, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781407356952

140735695X

OCLC:

1291224588