Migration and mobility in the early Roman Empire / edited by Luuk de Ligt, Laurens E. Tacoma.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

de Ligt, Luuk, editor.

Tacoma, Laurens E., editor.

Series:

Studies in global social history ; Volume 23.

Studies in global migration history ; Volume 7.

Studies in Global Social History, 1874-6705 ; Volume 23

Studies in Global Migration History ; Volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migration, Internal--Rome--History.

Migration, Internal.

Rural-urban migration--Rome--History.

Rural-urban migration.

Labor mobility--Rome--History.

Labor mobility.

Forced migration--Rome--History.

Forced migration.

Deployment (Strategy)--Government policy--Rome.

Deployment (Strategy).

Residential mobility--Rome--History.

Residential mobility.

Rome--Army--History.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (535 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, 2016.

Summary:

Until recently migration did not occupy a prominent place on the agenda of students of Roman history. Various types of movement in the Roman world were studied, but not under the heading of migration and mobility. Migration and Mobility in the Early Roman Empire starts from the assumption that state-organised, forced and voluntary mobility and migration were intertwined and should be studied together. The papers assembled in the book tap into the remarkably large reservoir of archaeological and textual sources concerning various types of movement during the Roman Principate. The most important themes covered are rural-urban migration, labour mobility, relationships between forced and voluntary mobility, state-organised movements of military units, and familial and female mobility. Contributors are: Colin Adams, Seth G. Bernard, Christer Bruun, Paul Erdkamp, Lien Foubert, Peter Garnsey, Saskia Hin, Claire Holleran, Tatiana Ivleva, Luuk de Ligt, Elio Lo Cascio, Tracy L. Prowse, Saskia T. Roselaar, Laurens E. Tacoma, Rolf A. Tybout, Greg Woolf, and Andrea Zerbini.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Luuk de Ligt and Laurens E. Tacoma

Approaching Migration in the Early Roman Empire / Luuk de Ligt and Laurens E. Tacoma

The Impact of Migration on the Demographic Profile of the City of Rome: A Reassessment / Elio Lo Cascio

Seasonal Labour and Rural–Urban Migration in Roman Italy / Paul Erdkamp

Food Distributions and Immigration in Imperial Rome / Seth G. Bernard

Migration in Early-Imperial Italy: Herculaneum and Rome Compared / Peter Garnsey and Luuk de Ligt

Labour Mobility in the Roman World: A Case Study of Mines in Iberia / Claire Holleran

State-Organised Mobility in the Roman Empire: Legionaries and Auxiliaries / Saskia T. Roselaar

Peasants into Soldiers: Recruitment and Military Mobility in the Early Roman Empire / Tatiana Ivleva

Tracing Familial Mobility: Female and Child Migrants in the Roman West / Christer Bruun

Isotopes and Mobility in the Ancient Roman World / Tracy L. Prowse

Revisiting Urban Graveyard Theory: Migrant Flows in Hellenistic and Roman Athens / Saskia Hin

Migration in Roman Egypt: Problems and Possibilities / Colin Adams

Mobile Women in P.Oxy. and the Port Cities of Roman Egypt: Tracing Women’s Travel Behaviour in Papyrological Sources / Lien Foubert

Human Mobility in the Roman Near East: Patterns and Motives / Andrea Zerbini

Moving Epigrams: Migration and Mobility in the Greek East / Laurens E. Tacoma and Rolf A. Tybout

Dead Men Walking: The Repatriation of Mortal Remains / Rolf A. Tybout

Movers and Stayers / Greg Woolf

References / Luuk de Ligt and Laurens E. Tacoma

Index / Luuk de Ligt and Laurens E. Tacoma.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-30737-0

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004307377 DOI