Rome at war
Subtitle: farms, families, and death in the Middle Republic
By: by Nathan Rosenstein.
Series: Studies in the history of Greece and Rome
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9780807828397
Subjects: Agriculture, Ancient -- Rome; Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Rome -- History; Farms, Small -- Rome -- History; War and society -- Rome -- History; Rome -- History -- Republic, 510-30 B.C
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-319).
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Agriculture in Italy from Hannibal to Tiberius Gracchus; title: War and agriculture: a critique of the conventional view; title: War and the life cycles of families: three models; title: Mortality in war; title: Military mortality and agrarian crisis; title: Appendix 1. The number of Roman slaves in 168 B.C.; title: Appendix 2. The accuracy of the Roman calender before 218 B.C.; title: Appendix 3. Tenancy; title: Appendix 4. The minimum age for military service; title: Appendix 5. The proportion of Assidui in the Roman population; title: Appendix 6. The duration of military service in the second century B.C.; title: Appendix 7. The number of citizen deaths as a result of military service between 203 and 168 B.C.