Public land in the Roman Republic [[electronic resource] ] : a social and economic history of ager publicus in Italy, 396-89 B.C. / / Saskia T. Roselaar

• Record Nr.: UNISA996205407903316
• Autore: Roselaar Saskia T
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-79260-1; 9786612792601; 0-19-159148-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (371 p.)
• Collana: Oxford studies in Roman society and law
• Disciplina: 333.10937
• Soggetti: Public lands - Rome - History; Land use - Rome - History; Agrarian laws of Rome; Public lands - Italy - History; Electronic books.; Rome Economic conditions; Rome Social conditions; Rome History Republic, 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 (p. [327]-350) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""List of Table and Figures""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1. Introduction: why study ager publicus?""; ""1.2. Ager publicus and Roman history: aims and objectives of this book""; ""1.3. Sources and methods""; ""2. Ager Publicus from the Regal Period to 133""; ""2.1. Introduction""; ""2.2. Public land in the regal and early Republican periods""; ""2.2.1. Public land in the regal period""; ""2.2.2. Ager publicus in the early Republic""; ""2.3. The acquisition of ager publicus by the Roman state""; ""2.3.1. The amount of confiscated land and colony size""; ""2.3.2. Latium""; ""2.3.3. Etruria and Umbria""""2.3.4. Sabinum""; ""2.3.5. Picenum""; ""2.3.6. Campania""; ""2.3.7. Samnium""; ""2.3.8. Lucania and Bruttium""; ""2.3.9. Apulia and Calabria""; ""2.3.10. Cisalpine Gaul""; ; ""2.3.11. Viritane distributions""; ""2.3.12. Colonization""; ""2.3.13. Conclusion""; ""2.4. Confiscation of arable and pasture""; ""2.5. Ager publicus and the Italian allies""; ""2.5.1. Reactions of defeated populations to the creation of ager publicus""; ""2.5.2. The colonial landscape and the original population""; ""2.6. Conclusion""; ""3. The Legal Conditions of Ager Publicus""; ""3.1. Introduction""""3.2. Ager occupatorius""; ""3.2.1. Ager occupatorius before the Lex Licinia""; ""3.2.2. The Lex Licinia de modo agrorum""; ""3.2.3. Ager occupatorius after the Lex Licinia""; ""3.3. The sale and lease of public land""; ""3.3.1. Ager quaestorius""; ""3.3.2. Ager in trientabulis""; ""3.3.3. Ager censorius""; ""3.4. Ager scripturarius""; ""3.5. Ager publicus belonging to communities""; ""3.6. Conclusion""; ""4. The Second Century and the Economy of Ager Publicus""; ""4.1. Introduction""; ""4.2. Ager publicus after the Second Punic War""; ""4.3. The growth of commercial agriculture after the Second Punic War""""4.3.1. Market production on arable land""; ""4.3.2. Regional specialization""; ""4.3.3. Animal husbandry""; ""4.3.4. Competition for land in the second century""; ""4.3.5. Population developments in the second century""; ""4.3.6. Ager publicus and commercial production""; ""4.3.7. The use of ager publicus by small farmers""; ""4.4. Consequences of pressure on the land for small farmers""; ""4.4.1. Population growth and the privatization of common lands""; ""4.4.2. Alternative survival strategies for small farmers""; ""4.5. Conclusion: regional variation in the use of ager publicus""""5. The Gracchi and the Privatization of Ager Publicus""; ""5.1. Introduction""; ""5.2. The agrarian reforms of the Gracchi""; ""5.2.1. The Gracchan land reforms: introduction""; ""5.2.2. The aims of the Gracchan land reform""; ""5.2.3. Distributions of land by the Lex Sempronia agraria""; ""5.2.4. The Gracchan land distributions and the Italians""; ""5.2.5. Conclusion: the result of the Gracchan land reforms""; ""5.3. The post-Gracchan legislation""; ""5.3.1. The three post-Gracchan laws in Appian""; ""5.3.2. The three laws of Appian and the Lex agraria of 111""
• Sommario/riassunto: Part of a series on Roman society and law, this book traces the social and economic history of the ager publicus, or public land, identifying the developments in Roman economy and demography which led to a gradual process of privatization.