List of figures
List of tables
Preface
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. Time and Distance: 1. Communication-speed and contact by sea in the Roman empire
2. Trade, taxes and money
3. Separation and cohesion in Mediterranean trade
4. Stability and change
Part II. Demography and Manpower: 5. Age-awareness in the Roman world
6. Roman life-expectancy
7. Pay and numbers in Diocletian's army
Part III. Agrarian Patterns: 8. Land and landed wealth
9. The price of wheat in Roman Egypt
Part IV. The World of Cities: 10. The social cost of urbanisation
11. Who paid for public building?
Part V. Tax-Payment and Tax-Assessment: 12. Taxation in money and taxation in kind
13. Land, taxes and labour: implications of the iugum
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.