Walter Scheidel
Dickason Professor of the Humanities and Professor of History
Classics
Web page: http://www.walterscheidel.com
Bio
Personal website: http://www.walterscheidel.com
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Classics
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Professor, History
Administrative Appointments
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Catherine R. Kennedy and Daniel L. Grossman Fellow in Human Biology, Stanford University (2013 - 2021)
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Professor of History, Stanford University (2012 - Present)
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Visiting Distinguished Professor in World History, New York University Abu Dhabi (2011 - 2011)
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Visiting Professor, Department of History, Columbia University (2010 - 2010)
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Dickason Professor in the Humanities, Stanford University (2008 - Present)
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Professor of Classics, Stanford University (2004 - Present)
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Associate Professor of Classics, Stanford University (2003 - 2004)
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Visiting Associate Professor of History, University of Chicago (2002 - 2002)
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Visiting Assistant Professor of History, University of Chicago (2000 - 2002)
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Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Classics and Social Science History Institute, Stanford University (1999 - 2000)
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'Gastprofessor' (Visiting Professor), Department of Ancient History, University of lnnsbruck (1999 - 1999)
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'Maitre de Conferences Invite' (Visiting Professor), Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris (1998 - 1998)
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Invited Lecturer Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge (1996 - 1999)
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Moses and Mary Finley Research Fellow in Ancient History, Darwin College, Cambridge (1996 - 1999)
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Senior Member, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge (1996 - 1999)
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Visiting Scholar, Department of Classical Studies, University of Michigan (1995 - 1995)
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Visiting Scholar, University of Cambridge (1994 - 1994)
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'Vertragsassistent' (academic and administrative assistant), Department of Ancient History, University of Vienna (1990 - 1995)
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University Lecturer in Ancient History, Department of Ancient History, University of Vienna (1990 - 1995)
Honors & Awards
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Oswald Spengler Prize, Oswald Spengler Society for the Study of Humanity and World History (2020)
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Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2017-2018)
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Corresponding Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences (2015-)
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Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (2007-2008)
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New Directions Fellow, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2005-2006)
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Erwin Schroedinger Fellow, Austrian Research Council (1995-1995)
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Ordinary Member of the Senior Combination Room, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (1994-1994)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Member, Advisory Board, "Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Slavery," Edinburgh University Press (2019 - Present)
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Member, Editorial board, "Explorations in Economic History" (2015 - 2017)
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Member, Editorial Board, "Cliodynamics: The Journal of Theoretical and Mathematical History" (2014 - Present)
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Co-editor, "Historia" and "Historia Einzelschriften," Steiner Verlag (2014 - 2019)
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Faculty Coordinator, Human Biology Core Sequence, Program in Human Biology, Stanford University (2012 - 2021)
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Chair, Department of Classics, Stanford University (2011 - 2015)
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Member, Executive Committee, Stanford Center for Population Research, Stanford University (2011 - 2015)
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Member, Appointments and Promotions Committee, Humanities and Arts Cluster, Stanford University (2011 - 2014)
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Member, Intern. Adv. Board, Center for the Comparative Study of Antiquity, Chinese University of Hong Kong (2010 - Present)
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Member, Dean's Advisory Committee, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University (2009 - 2010)
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Co-editor, "Oxford Studies in Early Empires," Oxford University Press (2008 - Present)
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Chair, Department of Classics, Stanford University (2008 - 2010)
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Member, Appointments and Promotions Committee, Humanities and Arts Cluster, Stanford University (2008 - 2010)
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Member, Advisory Board, Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis (2007 - 2020)
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Member, Executive Committee, Urban Studies Program, Stanford University (2006 - 2012)
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Member, Appointments and Promotions Committee, School of Humanities and Sciences (substitute), Stanford University (2006 - 2007)
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Co-coordinator, Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics (2005 - 2009)
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Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Classics, Stanford University (2004 - 2007)
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Ancient History Track Advisor, Department of Classics, Stanford University (2003 - 2007)
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Member, Faculty Advisory Board, Social Science History Institute, Stanford University (2003 - 2006)
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Associate, Behavioral and Brain Sciences (1997 - Present)
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Contributor, Annual bibliographical supplement of research on slavery, "Slavery and Abolition" (1993 - 2001)
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Member, Research group on ancient slavery, Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz, Germany (1993 - 1999)
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Member, Editorial staff, "Tyche" (1990 - 1993)
Professional Education
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'Habilitation', University of Graz, Ancient History (1998)
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Ph.D., University of Vienna, Ancient History (1993)
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M.Phil., University of Vienna, Ancient History (1989)
Projects
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Orbis: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World, Stanford University
Location
Stanford University
Collaborators
- Elijah Meeks, Digital Humanities Specialist, Netflix (formerly Stanford Unievrsity)
2024-25 Courses
- Global History: The Ancient World
CLASSICS 76, HISTORY 1A (Aut) - Methods and approaches for ancient historians
CLASSICS 219 (Aut) - The Romans
CLASSICS 84, HISTORY 102A (Spr) -
Independent Studies (11)
- Directed Reading in Classics (Graduate Students)
CLASSICS 298 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Directed Readings (Undergraduate)
CLASSICS 198 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Dissertation Proposal Preparation
CLASSICS 297 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Graduate Directed Reading
HISTORY 399W (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Graduate Research
HISTORY 499X (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Senior Honors Thesis
URBANST 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Senior Research I
HISTORY 299A (Aut, Win, Spr) - Senior Research II
HISTORY 299B (Aut, Win, Spr) - Senior Research III
HISTORY 299C (Aut, Win, Spr) - Undergraduate Directed Research and Writing
HISTORY 299S (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Undergraduate Thesis: Senior Research
CLASSICS 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading in Classics (Graduate Students)
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Income and wealth inequality from the Stone Age to the present
CLASSICS 12N, HISTORY 12N (Spr) - Proseminar: Ancient Numismatics
CLASSICS 214 (Aut) - The Romans
CLASSICS 84, HISTORY 102A (Spr)
2022-23 Courses
- Global History: The Ancient World
CLASSICS 76, HISTORY 1A (Aut) - Income and wealth inequality from the Stone Age to the present
CLASSICS 12N, HISTORY 12N (Aut)
2021-22 Courses
- Ancient Empires: Near East
CLASSICS 81, HISTORY 117 (Aut) - Ancient Slavery
CLASSICS 351 (Spr) - Culture, Evolution, and Society
HUMBIO 2B (Aut) - Income and wealth inequality from the Stone Age to the present
CLASSICS 12N, HISTORY 12N (Aut) - Methods and approaches for ancient historians
CLASSICS 219 (Aut) - The Romans
CLASSICS 84, HISTORY 102A (Spr)
- Income and wealth inequality from the Stone Age to the present
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Umit Ozturk -
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Micheal Duchesne, James Macksoud -
Doctoral (Program)
Uwa Akhere, Emanuele Cresca, Nick Gardner, Caleb Hammond, Michelle Heeman, Claire Hylton, Lorenzo Salerno, Ankita Sen, Edward Tang, Verity Walsh
All Publications
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Non-Archimedean modernities
INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
2022; 47 (3-4): 520-529
View details for DOI 10.1080/03080188.2022.2108965
View details for Web of Science ID 000894541900015
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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (Book Review)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
2022; 101 (3): 187-193
View details for Web of Science ID 000790866000018
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INEQUALITY
CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO THE ANCIENT GREEK ECONOMY
2022: 404-420
View details for Web of Science ID 000952013000027
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Fitness and Power: The Contribution of Genetics to the History of Differential Reproduction.
Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior
1800; 19 (4): 14747049211066599
Abstract
Textual evidence from pre-modern societies supports the prediction that status differences among men translate to variance in reproductive success. In recent years, analysis of genetic data has opened up new ways of studying this relationship. By investigating cases that range over several millennia, these analyses repeatedly document the replacement of local men by newcomers and reveal instances of exceptional reproductive success of specific male lineages. These findings suggest that violent population transfers and conquests could generate considerable reproductive advantages for male dominants. At the same time, this does not always seem to have been the case. Moreover, it is difficult to link such outcomes to particular historical characters or events, or to identify status-biased reproductive inequalities within dominant groups. The proximate factors that mediated implied imbalances in reproductive success often remain unclear. A better understanding of the complex interplay between social power and genetic fitness will only arise from sustained transdisciplinary engagement.
View details for DOI 10.1177/14747049211066599
View details for PubMedID 34918580
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Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China. (Book Review)
CLASSICAL REVIEW
2021; 71 (2): 432-435
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0009840X21001955
View details for Web of Science ID 000693988400069
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Rome, China, and the Barbarians. Ethnographic Traditions and the Transformation of Empires (Book Review)
CLASSICAL REVIEW
2021; 71 (1): 205–7
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0009840X21000305
View details for Web of Science ID 000628826000087
- The Oxford World History of Empire edited by Bang, P. F., Bayly, C. A. Oxford University Press. 2021
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The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Future of Economic Inequality
SOCIAL RESEARCH
2020; 87 (2): 293–95
View details for Web of Science ID 000571464000019
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Ancient States and Infrastructural Power: Europe, Asia, and America (Book Review)
JOURNAL OF WORLD HISTORY
2020; 31 (2): 447–49
View details for DOI 10.1353/jwh.2020.0025
View details for Web of Science ID 000540700200007
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Roman wealth and wealth inequality in comparative perspective
JOURNAL OF ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY
2020; 33: 341–53
View details for DOI 10.1017/S104775942000104X
View details for Web of Science ID 000577139100015
- Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity Princeton University Press. 2019
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MOVING ROMANS: MIGRATION TO ROME IN THE PRINCIPATE (Book Review)
JOURNAL OF ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY
2019; 32: 683–89
View details for DOI 10.1017/S1047759419000564
View details for Web of Science ID 000502959000054
- The Science of Roman History: Biology, Climate, and the Future of the Past edited by Scheidel, W. Princeton University Press. 2018
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The Science of Roman History BIOLOGY, CLIMATE, AND THE FUTURE OF THE PAST Introduction
SCIENCE OF ROMAN HISTORY: BIOLOGY, CLIMATE, AND THE FUTURE OF THE PAST
2018: 1–10
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- The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century Princeton University Press. 2017
- On Human Bondage: After Slavery and Social Death edited by Bodel, J., Scheidel, W. Wiley Blackwell. 2017
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BENFORD'S LAW AND NUMERICAL STYLIZATION OF MONETARY VALUATIONS IN CLASSICAL LITERATURE
CLASSICAL QUARTERLY
2016; 66 (2): 815-821
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0009838816000501
View details for Web of Science ID 000393604300038
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What is Ancient History?
DAEDALUS
2016; 145 (2): 113-121
View details for DOI 10.1162/DAED_a_00381
View details for Web of Science ID 000373994500013
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Evolutionary Psychology and the Historian
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
2014; 119 (5): 1563-1575
View details for DOI 10.1093/ahr/119.5.1563
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A virtual water network of the Roman world
HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
2014; 18 (12): 5025-5040
View details for DOI 10.5194/hess-18-5025-2014
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- The Oxford handbook of the state in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean Oxford University Press: New York. 2013
- Explaining the maritime freight charges in Diocletian's Prices Edict Journal of Roman Archaeology 2013; 26
- Disease and death The Cambridge companion to ancient Rome edited by Erdkamp, P. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 2013: 45–59
- Studying the state The Oxford handbook of the state in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean edited by Bang, P. F., Scheidel, W. Oxford University Press: New York. 2013: 5–57
- Human mobility in Roman Italy, II: The slave population Antike Sklaverei edited by Otto, E. H. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: Darmstadt. 2013: 73–91
- The Cambridge companion to the Roman economy Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 2012
- Slavery The Cambridge companion to the Roman economy edited by Scheidel, W. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 2012: 89–113
- Age and health The Oxford handbook of Roman Egypt edited by Riggs, C. Oxford University Press: Oxford. 2012: 305–316
- Approaching the Roman economy The Cambridge companion to the Roman economy edited by Scheidel, W. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 2012: 1–21
- The Cambridge companion to the Roman economy Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 2012
- Demographie Handwörterbuch der antiken Sklaverei, CD-ROM-Lieferung I-IV edited by Heinen, H. Franz Steiner Verlag: Stuttgart. 2012
- Roman wellbeing and the economic consequences of the Antonine Plague L'impatto della "peste antonina" edited by Cascio, E. L. 2012: 265–295
- Epigraphy and demography: birth, marriage, family, and death Proceedings of the British Academy edited by Davies, J., Wilkes, J. 2012: 101–29
- The Cambridge economic history of the Greco-Roman world Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 2012
- Physical well-being The Cambridge companion to the Roman economy edited by Scheidel, W. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 2012: 321–333
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The coming of the Greeks to Provence and Corsica: Y-chromosome models of archaic Greek colonization of the western Mediterranean
BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
2011; 11
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The process of Greek colonization of the central and western Mediterranean during the Archaic and Classical Eras has been understudied from the perspective of population genetics. To investigate the Y chromosomal demography of Greek colonization in the western Mediterranean, Y-chromosome data consisting of 29 YSNPs and 37 YSTRs were compared from 51 subjects from Provence, 58 subjects from Smyrna and 31 subjects whose paternal ancestry derives from Asia Minor Phokaia, the ancestral embarkation port to the 6th century BCE Greek colonies of Massalia (Marseilles) and Alalie (Aleria, Corsica).19% of the Phokaian and 12% of the Smyrnian representatives were derived for haplogroup E-V13, characteristic of the Greek and Balkan mainland, while 4% of the Provencal, 4.6% of East Corsican and 1.6% of West Corsican samples were derived for E-V13. An admixture analysis estimated that 17% of the Y-chromosomes of Provence may be attributed to Greek colonization. Using the following putative Neolithic Anatolian lineages: J2a-DYS445 = 6, G2a-M406 and J2a1b1-M92, the data predict a 0% Neolithic contribution to Provence from Anatolia. Estimates of colonial Greek vs. indigenous Celto-Ligurian demography predict a maximum of a 10% Greek contribution, suggesting a Greek male elite-dominant input into the Iron Age Provence population.Given the origin of viniculture in Provence is ascribed to Massalia, these results suggest that E-V13 may trace the demographic and socio-cultural impact of Greek colonization in Mediterranean Europe, a contribution that appears to be considerably larger than that of a Neolithic pioneer colonization.
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- The Roman slave supply The Cambridge world history of slavery, 1: The ancient Mediterranean world edited by Bradley, K., Cartledge, P. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 2011: 287–310
- The Xiongnu and the comparative study of empire Xiongnu archaeology: multidisciplinary perspectives on the first steppe empire in Inner Asia edited by Brosseder, U., Miller, B. K. 2011: 111–120
- Fiscal regimes and the 'First Great Divergence' between eastern and western Eurasia Tributary empires in global history edited by Bang, P. F., Bayly, C. A. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke. 2011: 193–204
- Monogamy and polygyny A companion to families in the Greek and Roman worlds edited by Rawson, B. Wiley-Blackwell: Malden MA, Oxford and Chichester. 2011: 108–115
- Maritime technology in the ancient economy: ship-design and navigation Journal of Roman Archaeology: Portsmouth 2011: 21-37
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Remembering the Roman People: Essays on Late-Republican Politics and Literature (Book Review)
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGY
2010; 131 (2): 335-338
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Real Wages in Early Economies: Evidence for Living Standards from 1800 BCE to 1300 CE
JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT
2010; 53: 425-462
View details for DOI 10.1163/156852010X506038
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- Coin quality, coin quantity, and coin value in early China and the Roman world American journal of Numismatics 2010; 22: 93-118
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Counting the People in Hellenistic Egypt, vol 1, Population Registers (P.Count), vol 2, Historical Studies (Book Review)
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PAPYROLOGISTS
2010; 47: 267-273
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- The Oxford handbook of Roman studies Oxford University Press: Oxford. 2010
- Economy and quality of life The Oxford handbook of Roman studies edited by Barchiesi, A., Scheidel, W. Oxford University Press: Oxford. 2010: 593–609
- The dynamics of ancient empires: state power from Assyria to Byzantium Oxford University Press: New York. 2010
- Review of: Antike Populationen in Zahlen: Überprüfungsmoglichlkeiten von demografischen Zahlenangaben in antiken Texten Historische Zeitschrift 2010; 290: 737 - 738
- Rome and China: comparative perspectives on ancient world empires Oxford University Press: New York. 2010
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WHEN DID LIVY WRITE BOOKS 1, 3, 28 AND 59?
CLASSICAL QUARTERLY
2009; 59 (2): 653-658
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0009838809990309
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Coin hoards speak of population declines in Ancient Rome
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
2009; 106 (41): 17276-17279
Abstract
In times of violence, people tend to hide their valuables, which are later recovered unless the owners had been killed or driven away. Thus, the temporal distribution of unrecovered coin hoards is an excellent proxy for the intensity of internal warfare. We use this relationship to resolve a long-standing controversy in Roman history. Depending on who was counted in the early Imperial censuses (adult males or the entire citizenry including women and minors), the Roman citizen population of Italy either declined, or more than doubled, during the first century BCE. This period was characterized by a series of civil wars, and historical evidence indicates that high levels of sociopolitical instability are associated with demographic contractions. We fitted a simple model quantifying the effect of instability (proxied by hoard frequency) on population dynamics to the data before 100 BCE. The model predicts declining population after 100 BCE. This suggests that the vigorous growth scenario is highly implausible.
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A peculiar institution? Greco-Roman monogamy in global context
HISTORY OF THE FAMILY
2009; 14 (3): 280-291
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.hisfam.2009.06.001
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- Review of: Commerce and monetary systems in the ancient world: means of transmission and cultural interaction Ancient West & East 2009; 8: 414 - 416
- Population and demography A companion to ancient history edited by Erskine, A. Wiley-Blackwell: Malden MA, Oxford, and Chichester. 2009: 234–245
- New ways of studying incomes in the Roman economy Quantifying the Roman economy: methods and problems edited by Bowman, A., Wilson , A. Oxford University Press: Oxford. 2009: 346–352
- From the 'Great Convergence' to the 'First Great Divergence: Roman and Qin-Han state formation and its aftermath Rome and China: comparative perspectives on ancient world empires edited by Scheidel, W. Oxfm·d University Press: New York. 2009: 11–23
- The dynamics of ancient empires: state power from Assyria to Byzantium Oxford University Press: New York. 2009
- The monetary systems of the Han and Roman empires Rome and China: comparative perspectives on ancient world empires edited by Scheidel, W. Oxford University Press: New York. 2009: 137–207
- Sex and empire: a Darwinian perspective The dynamics of ancient empires: state power from Assyria to Byzantium edited by Morris, I., Scheidel, W. Oxford University Press: New York. 2009: 255–324
- 'Epidemics', 'Roman population and demography Encyclopedia of ancient Greece and Rome edited by Gagarin, M. Oxford University Press: New York. 2009
- Rome and China: a tale of two empires Ad Familiares 2009; 37: 9-11
- Demography and sociology The Oxford handbook of Hellenic studies edited by Stones, G. B., Graziosi, B., Vasunia, P. Oxford University Press: Oxford. 2009: 665–677
- The demographic background Growing up fatherless in antiquity edited by Hübner, S., Ratzan, D. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 2009: 31–40
- In search of Roman economic growth Journal of Roman Archaeology 2009; 22: 46-70
- Rome and China: comparative perspectives on ancient world empires Oxford University Press: New York. 2009
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The Size of the Economy and the Distribution of Income in the Roman Empire
JOURNAL OF ROMAN STUDIES
2009; 99: 61-91
View details for DOI 10.3815/007543509789745223
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Mediterranean Anarchy, Interstate War, and the Rise of Rome (Book Review)
JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY HISTORY
2008; 39 (1): 100-102
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Olive cultivation in ancient Greece - Seeking the ancient economy (Book Review)
TLS-THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
2008: 27-27
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Feeding the democracy - The Athenian grain supply in the fifth and fourth centuries BC (Book Review)
TLS-THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
2008: 27-27
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War, food, and politics in early Hellenistic Athens (Book Review)
TLS-THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
2008: 27-27
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- The comparative economics of slavely in the Greco-Roman world Slave systems, ancient and modern edited by Lago, E. D., Katsari, C. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 2008: 105–126
- The divergent evolution of coinage in eastern and western Eurasia The monetary systems of the Greeks and Romans edited by Harris, W. V. Oxford University Press: Oxford. 2008: 267–286
- Review of: Umweltkrise des 3. Jahrhunderts n.Chr. im Nordwesten des Imperium Romanum Journal of Roman Studies 2008; 98: 268 - 269
- Demography of the ancient world The new Palgrave dictionary of economics edited by Durlauf, S. N., Blume, L. E. Palgrave Macmillan. 2008; 2nd
- Yom Nutzen des Open Access in den Geisteswissenschaften FWF Info 2008; 65: 14-15
- Roman population size: the logic of the debate People, land, and politics: demographic developments and the transformation of Roman Italy, 300 BC-AD 14, edited by de Ligt, L., Northwood, S. J. Brill: Leiden. 2008: 17–70
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Roman funerary commemoration and the age at first marriage
CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY
2007; 102 (4): 389-402
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The Middle East under Rome. (Book Review)
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
2007; 67 (1): 236-237
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A model of real income growth in Roman Italy
HISTORIA-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ALTE GESCHICHTE
2007; 56 (3): 322-346
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- Demography The Cambridge economic history of the Greco-Roman world edited by Scheidel, W., Morris, I., Saller, R. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 2007: 38–86
- Marriage, families, and survival: demographic aspects A companion to the Roman army edited by Erdkamp, P. Blackwell: Malden MA, Oxford, and Carlton. 2007: 417–434
- Towards open access in ancient studies: the Princeton-Stanford Working Papers in Classics Hesperia 2007; 76: 229-242
- The Cambridge economic history of the Greco-Roman world Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 2007
- Mobilisierung und Beteiligung: die griechischen Stadtstaaten, Karthago und Rom Krieg in der antiken Welt edited by Mandl, G., Steffelbauer, I. Magnus Verlag: Essen. 2007: 420–435
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Toward open access in ancient studies - The Princeton-Stanford Working Papers in Classics
HESPERIA
2007; 76 (1): 229-242
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Stratification, deprivation and quality of life
International Conference on Poverty in the Roman World
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. 2006: 40–59
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- Review of: Unfreie Arbeits- und Lebensverhältnisse von der Antike bis in die Gegenwart: eine Einführung Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2006
- The demography of Roman state formation in Italy Herrschaft ohne Integration? Rom und Italien in republikanischer Zeit edited by Jehne, M., Pfeilschifter, R. Verlag Antike: Frankfurt. 2006: 207–226
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Human mobility in Roman Italy, II: The slave population
Workshop on Ancient Slavery
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. 2005: 64–79
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- Review of: Die Wirtschaft des römischen Reiches (1-3 jahrhundert): eine Einfuhrung Classical Review 2005; 55: 251 - 253
- Review of: Bibliographie zur antiken Sklaverei Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005
- From monetization to culture change Archaeological Dialogues 2005; 12 (1): 35-37
- Real slave prices and the relative cost of slave labor in the Greco-Roman world Ancient Society 2005; 35: 1-17
- Bibliographie Löhne, Preise, Werte: Quellen zur römische Geldwirtschaft edited by Szaivert, W., Wolters, R. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: Darmstadt. 2005: 357–373
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Demographic and economic development in the ancient Mediterranean world
JOURNAL OF INSTITUTIONAL AND THEORETICAL ECONOMICS-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR DIE GESAMTE STAATSWISSENSCHAFT
2004; 160 (4): 743-757
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Human mobility in Roman Italy, I: The free population
JOURNAL OF ROMAN STUDIES
2004; 94: 1-26
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- Creating a metropolis: a comparative demographic perspective Ancient Alexandria between Egypt and Greece edited by Harris, W. V., Ruffini, G. Brill: Leiden, Boston and Cologne. 2004: 1–31
- Ancient Egyptian sibling marriage and the Westermarck effect Inbreeding, incest, and the incest taboo: the state of knowledge at the turn of the century edited by Wolf, A. P., Durham, W. H. Stanford University Press: Stanford. 2004: 93–108
- Überleben Historicum 2004; 83: 16-20
- Driving stakes, driving cars: Californian car culture, sex, and identity in Buffy the Vampire Slayer The Online International journal of Buffy Studies 2004; 13 (14)
- Gräberstatistik und Bevölkerungsgeschichte. Attika im achten Jahrhundert Griechische Archaik: Interne Entwicklungen - externe Impulse edited by Rollinger, R., Ulf, C. Akademie Verlag: Berlin. 2004: 177–185
- Cities, peasants and food in classical antiquity: essays in social and economic history Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 2004
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The Greek demographic expansion: Models and comparisons
JOURNAL OF HELLENIC STUDIES
2003; 123: 120-140
Abstract
For much of the first millennium BC, the number of Greeks increased considerably, both in the Aegean core and in the expanding periphery the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions. This paper is the first attempt to establish a coherent quantitative framework for the study of this process. In the first section, I argue that despite the lack of statistical data, it is possible to identify a plausible range of estimates of average long-term demographic growth rates in mainland Greece from the Early Iron Age to the Classical period. Elaborating on this finding, the second section offers a comprehensive rebuttal of the notion of explosive population growth in parts of the eighth and seventh centuries BC. In the third section, I seek to determine the probable scale and demographic consequences of Greek settlement overseas. A brief preliminary look at the relationship between population growth and the quality of life concludes my survey. The resultant series of interlocking parametric models is meant to contextualize the demographic development of ancient Greece within the wider ambit of pre-modem demography, and to provide a conceptual template for future research in this area
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- Helot numbers: a simplified model Helots and their masters in Laconia and Messenia: histories, ideologies, structures edited by Luraghi, N., Alcock, S. E. Harvard University Press: Cambridge MA and London. 2003: 240–247
- Germs for Rome Rome the cosmopolis edited by Edwards, C., Woolf, G. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 2003: 158–176
- Ancient world, Demography of Encyclopedia of population edited by Demeny, P., McNicoll, G. Macmillan Reference USA: New York. 2003: 44–48
- Review of: Slaverei in der Antike: Alltag und Schicksal der Unfreien Journal of Roman Archaeology 2003; 16: 577 - 581
- The ancient economy Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, and Routledge: New York. 2002
- The hireling and the slave: a transatlantic perspective Money, labour and land: approaches to the economies of ancient Greece edited by Cartledge, P., Cohen, E. E., Foxhall, L. Routledge: London and New York. 2002: 175–184
- The ancient economy Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, and Routledge: New York. 2002
- A model of demographic and economic change in Roman Egypt after the Antonine plague Journal of Roman Archaeology 2002; 15: 97-114
- Ostrakismos-Testimonien I: Die Zeugnisse antiker Autoren, der Inschriften und Ostraka iiber das athenische Scherbengericht aus vorhellenistischer Zeit Steiner Verlag Stuttgart: Stuttgart. 2002
- Death on the Nile: disease and the demography of Roman Egypt Brill: Lei den, Boston and Cologne. 2001; 228
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The census register 'P.Oxy. 984': The reverse of Pindar's 'Paeans' (Book Review)
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PAPYROLOGISTS
2001; 38 (1-4): 147-151
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- Review of: Entretiens d'archéologie et d'histoire: économie antique. Prix et formations des prix dans les économies antiques Classical Review 2001; 51: 323 - 325
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Roman age structure: Evidence and models
JOURNAL OF ROMAN STUDIES
2001; 91: 1-26
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- Debating Roman demography Brill: Leiden, Boston and Cologne. 2001; 211
- Progress and problems in Roman demography Debating Roman demography 2001: 1-81
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- Brother-sister and parent-child marriage in premodern societies Human mate choice and prehistoric marital networks: International Symposium edited by Aoki, K., Akazawa, T. 2000
- Terre, proprietari e contadini dell'impero romano: dall'affitto agrario al colonato tardoantico Classical Review 2000; 50: 201 - 202
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- The slave population of Roman Italy: speculation and constraints Topoi 1999; 9: 129-144
- Salute, agricoltura e popolazione in Egitto nell'eta̒ romana e nel XIX secolo Demografia, sistemi agrari, regimi alimentari nel mondo antico: Atti de convegno internazionale di studi edited by Vera, D. Edipuglia: Bari. 1999: 309–324
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The death declarations of Roman Egypt: A re-appraisal
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PAPYROLOGISTS
1999; 36 (1-4): 53-70
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- The demography of Roman slavery and manumission La de̒mographie historique antique edited by Valdher, M. B., Corvisier, J. N. Artois Presses Universite̒: Arras. 1999: 107–115
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Emperors, aristocrats, and the Grim-Reaper: Towards a demographic profile of the Roman elite
CLASSICAL QUARTERLY
1999; 49 (1): 254-281
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- Foreword Classical slavery edited by Finley, M. I. Frank Cass: London and Portland. 1999: VII-XIII
- Professional historians of classical antiquity in the English-speaking world: a quantitative survey Ancient History Bulletin 1999; 13: 151-156
- Cities, peasants and food in classical antiquity: essays in social and economic history Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 1998
- The meaning of dates on mummy labels: seasonal mortality and mortuary practice in Roman Egypt Journal of Roman Archaeology 1998; 11: 285-292
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- 'Galley slaves', 'Ancient Mediterranean slave trade Macmillan encyclopedia of world slavery edited by Finkelman, P., Miller, J. C. Simon & Schuster Macmillan: New York. 1998: 332–333, 355–356, 830–831
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Brother-sister marriage in Roman Egypt
JOURNAL OF BIOSOCIAL SCIENCE
1997; 29 (3): 361-371
Abstract
According to official census returns from Roman Egypt (first to third centuries CE) preserved on papyrus, 23.5% of all documented marriages in the Arsinoites district in the Fayum (n = 102) were between brothers and sisters. In the second century CE, the rates were 37% in the city of Arsinoe and 18.9% in the surrounding villages. Documented pedigrees suggest a minimum mean level of inbreeding equivalent to a coefficient of inbreeding of 0.0975 in second century CE Arsinoe. Undocumented sources of inbreeding and an estimate based on the frequency of close-kin unions (corrected downwards to 30% for Arsinoe) indicate a mean coefficient of inbreeding of F = 0.15-0.20 in Arsinoe and of F = 0.10-0.15 in the villages at the end of the second century CE. These values are several times as high as any other documented levels of inbreeding. A schematic estimate of inbreeding depression in the offspring of full sibling couples indicates that fertility in these families had to be 20-50% above average to attain reproduction at replacement level. In the absence of information on the amount of genetic load in this population, this estimate may be too high.
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- 'Servus vicarius', 'Stoicism', 'Vernae' The Historical encyclopedia of world slavery edited by Rodriguez, J. P. ABC-CLIO Press: Santa Barbara. 1997: 578–579, 611–612, 670–671
- What's in an age? A comparative view of bias in the census returns of Roman Egypt Roman Egypt: postscript to BASP 1997; 34: 35-37
- Feldarbeit von Frauen in der antiken Landwirtschaft Wir machen Geschichte 2 edited by Hinrichs, E., Stehling, J. Diesterweg: Frankfurt a.M.. 1997: 204
- Continuity and change in classical scholarship: a quantitative survey, 1924 to 1992 Ancient Society 1997; 28: 265-289
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Quantifying the sources of slaves in the early Roman empire
JOURNAL OF ROMAN STUDIES
1997; 87: 156-169
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The demography of Roman Egypt - Bagnall,RS, Frier,BW (Book Review)
POPULATION STUDIES-A JOURNAL OF DEMOGRAPHY
1996; 50 (3): 555-555
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Brother-sister and parent-child marriage outside royal families in ancient Egypt and Iran: A challenge to the sociobiological view of incest avoidance?
ETHOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY
1996; 17 (5): 319-340
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Slavery and society at Rome - Bradley,K (Book Review)
PHOENIX-THE JOURNAL OF THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
1996; 50 (2): 174-176
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THE MOST SILENT WOMEN OF GREECE AND ROME - RURAL LABOUR AND WOMENS LIFE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD .2.
GREECE & ROME
1996; 43 (1): 1-10
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- Review of: Ex ancilla natus: Untersuchungen zu den 'hausgeborenen' Sklaven und Sklavinnen im Westen des romischen Kaiserreiches Tyche 1996; 11: 274 - 278
- Review of: La mort au quotidien dans le monde romain Bryn Mawr Classical Review 1996; 7: 524 - 532
- Die biologische Dimension der Alten Geschichte: Bemerkungen zu Robert Sallares, The ecology of the ancient Greek world Tyche 1996; 11: 207 - 222
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What's in an age? A comparative view of bias in the census returns of Roman Egypt
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PAPYROLOGISTS
1996; 33 (1-4): 25-59
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- Reflections on the differential valuation of slaves in Diocletian's price edict and in the United States Miinstersche Beitriige zur antiken Handelsgeschichte 1996; 15 (1): 67-79
- What's in an age? A comparative view of bias in the census returns of Roman Egypt Roman Egypt: postscript to BASP 1996; 33
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FINANCE, FIGURES AND FICTION + REEVALUATION OF ANCIENT SOURCES FOR FINANCIAL DATA ON THE ROMAN ECONOMY
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1996; 46 (1): 222-238
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- Instrumentum vocale: Bauern und Sklaven in der römischen Landwirtschaft Historicum 1996; 47: 24-29
- Measuring sex, age and death in the Roman empire: explorations in ancient demography Journal of Roman Archaeology: Ann Arbor, MI 1996; 21
- Rekruten und Oberlebende: Die demographische Struktur der riimischen Legionen in der Prinzipatszeit Klio 1995; 77: 232-254
- Review of: Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft des Romischen Reiches im 3. Jahrhundert Journal of Roman Studies 1995; 85: 289 - 290
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INCEST REVISITED - 3 NOTES ON THE DEMOGRAPHY OF SIBLING MARRIAGE IN ROMAN EGYPT
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PAPYROLOGISTS
1995; 32 (3-4): 143-155
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- Grundpacht und Lohnarbeit in der Landwirtschaft des romischen Italien Peter Lang: Frankfurt a.M. 1994
- Notice of: Lex Licinia Sextia de modo agrorum - fiction or reality? Anzeiger fur die Altertumswissenschaft 1994; 47: 125 - 126
- Notice of: Die Familie und weitere anthropologische Grundlagen (Bibliographie zur romischen Sozialgeschichte 1) Tyche 1994; 9: 237 - 238
- Grain cultivation in the villa economy of Roman Italy Landuse in the Roman empire edited by Carlsen, J. L'Erma di Bretschneider: Rome. 1994: 159–166
- Zur Angabe des Lebensalters in den romischen Grabinschriften Osterreichs Romisches Osterreich 1994; 19/20: 143-159
- GERMANICVS und SARMATICVS: Die Ereignisgeschichte des Jahres 175 bei Cassius Dio und die Emissionsabfolge cler kaiserlichen Reichspragung Pomoerium 1994; 1: 69-74
- Libitina's bitter gains: seasonal mortality and endemic disease in the ancient city of Rome Ancient Society 1994; 25: 151-175
- Notice of: Landbau und Handwerk 750 v. Chr. bis 1000 n. Chr. (Propylaen Technikgeschichte 1) Tyche 1994; 9: 234
- Notice of: Die Sklaverei in den ostlichen Provinzen des romischen Reiches im 1- 3 Jahrhundert Tyche 1994; 9: 239 - 240
- Quellensammlung zu Liihnen, Preisen und Wertangaben im römische Reich (3. Jh. v. Chr.- 3· Jh. n. Chr.) Datenbanken in der A/ten Geschichte edited by Fell, M. Scripta Mercaturae Verlag: St. Katharinen. 1994: 91–95
- Notice of: La Tabula Alimentaria di Veleia Tyche 1994: 229
- Grain cultivation in the villa economy of Roman Italy Landuse in the Roman empire edited by Carlsen, J. L'Erma di Bretschneider: Rome. 1994
- Frauen als Ware: Sklavinnen in cler Wirtschaft der griechisch-romischen Welt Frauenreichtum: Die Frau a is Wirtschaftsfaktor im A/tertum edited by Specht, E. Wiener Frauenverlag: Vienna. 1994: 143–180
- Thukydides Pantain<et>ou Gargettios, Gegner des Perikles: Geschichte eines Phantoms Historia 1994; 43: 372-378
- Columellas privates ius liberorum: Literatur, Recht, Demographic. Einige Probleme Latomus 1994; 53: 513-527
- Slavery and the shackled mind: on fortune-telling and slave mentality in the Graeco-Roman world Ancient History Bulletin 1993; 7: 107 - 114
- Dokument und Kontext: Aspekte der historischen Interpretation epigraphischer Quellen am Beispiel der 'Krise des dritten jahrhunderts Rivista storica dell' antichita 1993; 21: 145-164
- Servi alieni als Erben: Zum gesellschaftlichen 1-lintergrund Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung fur Rechtsgeschichte 1993; 110: 648-651
- Pachter unci Grundpacht bei Columella (Colonus-Studien II) Athenaeum 1993; 81: 391-439
- Sklaven und Freigelassene als Pachter und ihre okonomische Funktion in der romischen Landwirtschaft (Colonus-Studien Ill) De Agricultura: In memoriam Pieter Will em de Neeve (1945-1990) edited by Sancisi-Weerdenburg, H. J. C. Gieben: Amsterdam. 1993: 182–196
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- Review of: War, women and children in ancient Rome Tyche 1993; 8: 242 - 243
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- Coloni und Pächter in den römische literarischen Quellen vom 2. Jh. v. Chr. bis zur Severerzeit: Eine kritische Betrachtung ( Colonus-Studien I) Athenaeum 1992: 331-370
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- Free-born and manumitted Zeitschrift der SavignyStiftung for Rechtsgeschichte, romanistische Abteilung 1990; 107: 373-375
- Agricola, colonus, cultor, rusticus: Beobachtungen zum rechtlichen und sozialen Status der 'Landwirte' in Columellas Schrift de re rustica Maia 1990; 42: 257-265
- Feldarbeit von Frauen in der antiken Landwirtschaft Gymnasium 1990; 97: 405-431
- Der Germaneneinfall in Oberitalien unter Marcus Aurelius und die Emissionsabfolge der kaiserlichen Reichsprägung Chiron 1990; 20: 1-18
- Quasikolonen bei Vergil? Klio 1990; 72: 166-172
- Notice of: Famine and food-supply in the Graeco-Roman world: responses to risk and crisis Tyche 1990; 5: 202 - 203
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FREE-BORN AND MANUMITTED BAILIFFS IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD
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1990; 40 (2): 591-593
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- Zur Lohnarbeit bei Columella Tyche 1989; 4: 139-146
- Friedensschluesse des 5. Jahrhunderts zwischen Athen und Sparta bei Andokides und Theopomp Tyche 1988; 3: 163-170