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Sociological Studies in Roman History
Keith Hopkins, Christopher Kelly
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Sociological Studies in Roman History
Keith Hopkins, Christopher Kelly
About This Book
Keith Hopkins was a sociologist and Professor of Ancient History at Cambridge from 1985 to 2001. He is widely recognised as one of the most radical, innovative and influential Roman historians of his generation. This volume presents fourteen of Hopkins' essays on an impressive range of subjects: contraception, demography, economic history, slavery, literacy, imperial power, Roman religion, Early Christianity, and the social and political structures of the ancient world. The papers have been re-edited and revised with accompanying essays by Hopkins' colleagues, friends and former students. This volume brings Hopkins' work up to date. It sets his distinctive and pioneering use of sociological approaches in a wider intellectual context and explores his lasting impact on the ways that ancient history is now written. This volume will interest all those fascinated by Rome and its empire, and particularly those eager to experience challenging and controversial ways of understanding the past.
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- Cover
- Half-title
- Series information
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Table of contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Editorial Note
- Biographical Note
- Introduction Keith Hopkins: Sighting Shots
- 1 Contraception in the Roman Empire
- 2 A Textual Emendation in a Fragment of Musonius Rufus: A Note on Contraception
- 3 On the Probable Age Structure of the Roman Population
- 4 Graveyards for Historians
- 5 Economic Growth and Towns in Classical Antiquity
- 6 Taxes and Trade in the Roman Empire (200 bcâad 400)
- 7 Models, Ships and Staples
- 8 From Violence to Blessing: Symbols and Rituals in ancient Rome
- 9 Slavery in Classical Antiquity
- 10 Conquest by Book
- 11 Novel Evidence for Roman Slavery
- 12 Christian Number and its implications
- 13 The Political Economy of the Roman Empire
- 14 How to Be a Roman Emperor: An Autobiography
- Original Publication Details
- Bibliography
- Index