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Sociological studies in Roman history /

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1108514618

(Number (ISBN

113909355X

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9781108514613

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9781139093552

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1107018919

Erroneous ISBN

113909355X

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9781107018914

Title Proper

Sociological studies in Roman history /

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First Statement of Responsibility

Keith Hopkins (University of Cambridge) ; edited by Christopher Kelly (University of Cambridge).

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge, United Kingdom :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2018.

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©2018

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1 online resource (xx, 620 pages) :

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illustrations

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Cambridge classical studies

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 558-605) and index.

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Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Editorial Note -- Biographical Note -- Introduction Keith Hopkins: Sighting Shots -- Building the Wigwam -- Sociological Studies in Roman History -- Being There -- 1 Contraception in the Roman Empire -- The Medical Tradition -- Effective and Ineffective Methods -- The Use of Contraceptives and the Confusion of Contraception with Abortion -- A Note on the Talmudic Tradition56

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4 Graveyards for HistoriansAfterword On the Probable Age Structure of the Roman Population -- 5 Economic Growth and Towns in Classical Antiquity -- Textiles and Metals -- Metals -- Conquest and the Growth of Towns -- The Level of Urbanisation and the Functions of Towns -- Afterword Economic Growth and Towns in classical Antiquity -- 6 Taxes and Trade in the Roman Empire (200 bcâ#x80;#x93;ad 400) -- Propositions 1 and 2 -- Some Qualifications -- Proposition 3: Rents and Taxes -- Proposition 4: The Growth of Trade 200 bcâ#x80;#x93;ad 200

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Coitus InterruptusConclusions -- 2 A Textual Emendation in a Fragment of Musonius Rufus: A Note on Contraception -- Afterword Contraception in The Roman Empire A Textual Emendation in A Fragment Of Musonius ... -- 3 On the Probable Age Structure of the Roman Population -- Argument -- The Evidence -- Average Age at Death â#x80;#x93; Alleged Regional Variations -- The Median Length of Life â#x80;#x93; Alleged Regional Variations â#x80;#x93; a Critique of Burn -- Tests of Consistency -- Explanation of Tables 3.4 and 3.5 -- The Length of Marriage -- The Imputed Early Death of Women

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Long-Distance and Middle-Range Transport of StaplesShort-Haul Transport and Local Urban Consumption -- The Cost of Ships and of Transport -- The Size of Roman Merchant Ships -- Transport Prices -- Afterword Models, Ships and Staples -- 8 From Violence to Blessing: Symbols and Rituals in ancient Rome -- Introduction: The Lupercalia -- A Complex of Rituals -- Roman Political Rituals: The Levy, Census and Popular Assemblies -- The Levy -- The Census -- Popular Assemblies -- Configurations of a Lifetime: Other Rituals

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Proposition 5: The Growth of the Money SupplyProposition 6: The Integration of the Monetary Economy in the High Empire -- Proposition 7: Taxes in the High Empire were Low -- Conclusion: Low Taxes and their Consequences -- Appendix 1: The Cost of the Roman Army -- Afterword Taxes and Trade in the Roman Empire (200 bcâ#x80;#x93;ad 400) -- 7 Models, Ships and Staples -- A Rough Model -- Taxes in Kind -- Rents in Kind -- Surplus Sold Locally and Transhipped -- The City of Rome -- Alexandria, Antioch, Carthage -- Other Market Towns

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Keith Hopkins was a sociologist and Professor of Ancient History at Cambridge from 1985 to 2001. He is widely recognised as one of the most radical, innovative and influential Roman historians of his generation. This volume presents fourteen of Hopkins' essays on an impressive range of subjects: contraception, demography, economic history, slavery, literacy, imperial power, Roman religion, Early Christianity, and the social and political structures of the ancient world. The papers have been re-edited and revised with accompanying essays by Hopkins' colleagues, friends and former students. This volume brings Hopkins' work up to date. It sets his distinctive and pioneering use of sociological approaches in a wider intellectual context and explores his lasting impact on the ways that ancient history is now written. This volume will interest all those fascinated by Rome and its empire, and particularly those eager to experience challenging and controversial ways of understanding the past.

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1042136

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9781108514613

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Works.

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Selections

Civilization.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- General.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Regional Studies.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Sociology-- General.

Rome, Civilization.

Rome (Empire)

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Hopkins, Keith,1934-2004

Kelly, Christopher,1964-

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20200822165342.0

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