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Sixteen essays in the social and economic history of the ancient world by a leading historian of classical antiquity are here brought conveniently together. Three overlapping sections deal with the urban economy and society, peasants and the rural economy, and food-supply and food-crisis. While focusing on eleven centuries of antiquity from archaic Greece to late imperial Rome, the essays include theoretical and comparative analyses of food-crisis and pastoralism, and an interdisciplinary study of the health status of the people of Rome using physical anthropology and nutritional science. A variety of subjects are treated, from the misconduct of a builders' association in late antique Sardis, to a survey of the cultural associations and physiological effects of the broad bean. The essays, of which two appear in English for the first time, are presented together with bibliographical addenda by Walter Scheidel, which summarize and assess research stimulated by the original and often provocative theses and approaches of the author. Cambridge Books Online © Cambridge University Press, 2009 Cambridge Books Online © Cambridge University Press, 2009 CITIES, PEASANTS AND FOOD IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY Cambridge Books Online © Cambridge University Press, 2009 Cambridge Books Online © Cambridge University Press, 2009 CITIES, PEASANTS AND FOOD IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY ESSAYS IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY PETER GARNSEY Professor of the History of Classical Antiquity, University of Cambridge Edited with addenda by WALTER SCHEIDEL Moses and Mary Finley Research Fellow in Ancient History, Darwin College, University of Cambridge CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge Books Online © Cambridge University Press, 2009 PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK 40 West 20th Street, New York NY 10011-4211, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia Ruiz de Alarcon 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain Dock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa http://www.cambridge.org © Cambridge University Press 1998 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 1998 First paperback edition 2004 Typeset in 9.75/12.5 pt Times Ten A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress cataloguing in publication data Garnsey, Peter. Cities, peasants, and food in classical antiquity: essays in social and economic history / Peter Garnsey; edited with addenda by Walter Scheidel. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0 521 59147 3 hardback 1. Cities and towns, Ancient — Rome. 2. Peasantry - Rome - History. 3. Food supply — Rome - History. 4. Food supply - Greece — History. I. Scheidel, Walter, 1966- . II. Title. HT114.G37 1998 307.76'0938-dc21 97-25203 CIP ISBN 0 521 59147 3 hardback ISBN 0 521 89290 2 paperback Transferred to digital printing 2004 Cambridge Books Online © Cambridge University Press, 2009 TO MY TEACHERS, YOUNG AND OLD Cambridge Books Online © Cambridge University Press, 2009 Cambridge Books Online © Cambridge University Press, 2009 CONTENTS Preface xi Editor's preface xiii Acknowledgements xv List of abbreviations xvii PART I CITIES i Aspects of the decline of the urban aristocracy in the empire 3 2 Independent freedmen and the economy of Roman Italy under the Principate 28 3 Economy and society of Mediolanum under the Principate 45 4 Urban property investment in Roman society 63 5 An association of builders in late antique Sardis JJ PART II PEASANTS 6 Peasants in ancient Roman society 91 7 Where did Italian peasants live? IOJ 8 Non-slave labour in the Roman world 134 9 Prolegomenon to a study of the land in the later Roman empire 1 10 Mountain economies in southern Europe 166 PART III FOOD 11 Grain for Athens 183 12 The yield of the land in ancient Greece 201 13 The bean: substance and symbol 214 14 Mass diet and nutrition in the city of Rome 226 15 Child rearing in ancient Italy 253 16 Famine in history 272 Bibliography 293 Index 330 IX
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