A companion to Greek democracy and the Roman republic / / edited by Dean Hammer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910132341803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-118-87835-3; 1-118-87834-5; 1-118-87818-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (552 p.)
• Collana: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
• Disciplina: 320.0938
• Soggetti: Greece Politics and government To 146 B.C; Rome Politics and government 265-30 B.C; Greece Economic conditions To 146 B.C; Rome Economic conditions 510-30 B.C
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Reading the Past (On Comparison); References; Further Reading; Part I The Emergence of Participatory Communities; Chapter 2 Why Greek Democracy? Its Emergence and Nature in Context; 1 Introduction, Questions, Sources; 2 Foundations and Early Stages: The Eighth and Early Seventh Centuries; 3 From Civil Strife to Civic Integration: The Formalization of Institutions in the Late Seventh and Sixth Centuries; 4 Sparta's "Great Rhetra," the Sovereignty of the Dēmos, and the Restoration of Eunomia; 5 Solon's Reforms in Athens, the Restoration of Eunomia, and the Institutionalization of Civic Responsibility6 Isonomia and the Integration of the Athenian Polis in the Late Sixth Century; 7 Eunomia, Isonomia, and Democracy; 8 The Emergence of Fully Participatory Democracy in Mid-Fifth-Century Athens; 9 Participatory Democracy at Its Height; 10 Greek Democracy and Roman Republicanism: Elements of a Comparison; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3 Why Roman ; Republicanism? Its Emergence and Nature in Context; 1 Introduction and Sources; 2 Urbanization, State Formation and Aristocratic Clans, c.900-500 BCE3 Kingship in Rome; 4 Foundation of the Republic, c.509 BCE; 5 Developments in Roman Republicanism, c.500-300 BCE: A Response to Internal and External Pressures; 6 Nobilitas, Republicanism, and the Conquest of Italy and Sicily, c.300-241 BCE; 7 Conclusion; References; Further Reading; Part II Constructing a Past; Chapter 4 Autochthony and Identity in Greek Myth; 1 Introduction; 2 The Land; 3 The Sea; 4 Plato and the Construction of the Past; 5 Conclusion; References; Further Reading; Chapter 5 Agriculture and Identity in Roman Myth1 Introduction; 2 Ideology and Agrarian Writing: The Scholarship; 3 The Cincinnatus Story and the Roman Meal; 4 The Context and Structure of the Cincinnatus Story; 5 Topography: Rus et Urbs; 6 Farming, Food Production, and Economics; 7 Farming, Authority, and Age; 8 How the Motifs and Values of Part I Affect the Interpretation of Part II; 9 The Roman Meal as an Expression of Roman Values; 10 Conclusion; Notes; References; Further Reading; Part III Dēmokratia and Res Publica; Chapter 6 Liberty, Equality, and Authority: A Political Discourse in Greek Participatory Communities1 Authority in Greek Communities before State Formation; 2 The Authority of Statute Law in Archaic Greece; 3 Democratic Citizen Agency as a Performance of Freedom and Equality; 4 Freedom and the Autonomy of Greek States; 5 From Greece to Rome; References; Further Reading; Chapter 7 Liberty, Equality, and Authority: A Political Discourse in the Later Roman Republic; 1 Liberty; 2 Equality; 3 Authority; 4 Concluding Reflections; Acknowledgments; References; Further Reading; Part IV Institutions; Chapter 8 The Congruence of Power: Ruling and Being Ruled in Greek Participatory Communities
• Sommario/riassunto: A Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic offers a comparative approach to examining ancient Greek and Roman participatory communities. Explores various aspects of participatory communities through pairs of chapters-one Greek, one Roman-to highlight comparisons between culturesExamines the types of relationships that sustained participatory communities, the challenges they faced, and how they respondedSheds new light on participatory contexts using diverse methodological approaches Brings an international array of scholars into dialogue with each other

Handbook of Palaeodemography / / by Isabelle Séguy, Luc Buchet

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910438352703321
• Autore: Séguy Isabelle
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013
• ISBN: 3-319-01553-2
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2013.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (341 p.)
• Collana: INED Population Studies, , 2214-2452 ; ; 2
• Disciplina: 304.609
• Soggetti: Demography; Anthropology; Archaeology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgements -- Preface: François Héran -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Data of Interest: Chapter I: Epistemology of the Discipline -- Chapter II: The Osteological data -- Chapter III: Establishing a Reference Population -- Part 2: Reconstructuring Demographic Parameters: Chapter IV: Age at Death: Current Approaches and Methods -- Chapter V: Current Demographic Models -- Chapter VI: Finding the Right Models for Pre-industrial Populations -- Chapter VII: Model Tables for Pre-industrial Populations -- Chapter VIII: Definition and Explorations of a Pre-industrial Standard -- Chapter IX: Final Overview -- Chapter X: Examples of Archaeological Applications -- Part Four: Further Analysis -- Chapter XI: Critique of Current Methods bu Daniel Courgeau -- Chapter XII: A New Method for Estimating Age-at-Death Structure by Henri Caussinus and Daniel Courgeau.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines methods for linking osteo-archaeological data with historical and environmental sources to shed light on the living conditions of past populations. Covering all time periods from prehistory to the 20th century, it aims to construct models that capture plausible demographic dynamics from highly fragmentary evidence. Starting from the known in order to explore the unknown, this book presents a historical view of methods used in the past and present as ; well as proposes original ones. The paleodemographic methods presented in this handbook have been tested on anthropological and archaeological data and can easily be applied. This manual represents a fruitful collaboration between historical demographers and anthropological archaeologists who, with the help of mathematicians and statisticians, detail research that opens an important historical dimension to the discipline. Written in a readily understandable manner, it serves as an ideal resource for those wishing to interpret ancient bones in demographic terms.