The demography of the first Mediterranean global network: The Roman Empire Authors Marc Mayer i Olivé Departament de Filologia Llatina Facultat de Filologia Universitat de Barcelona Keywords: Roman Empire, Antiquity, demography, slavery, urban life Abstract The study of the demographic characteristics of the first Mediterranean global network, the Roman Empire, is not an easy task. There are a lot of aspects to consider and an almost equal number of factors affecting them. In addition, the possible sources of information used to be incomplete and biased. Although methodology for conducting this kind of studies has evolved through time, allowing us to extract and to interpret the data in a better way, some aspects remain still obscure. [Contrib Sci 11:49-58 (2015)]Keywords: Roman Empire · Antiquity · demography · slavery · urban life Downloads PDF Issue Vol. 11 No. 1 (2015) Section Distinguished lectures License This work is subject, unless the contrary is indicated in the text, the photographs or in other illustrations, to an Attribution —Non-Commercial— No Derivative Works 3.0 Creative Commons License, the full text of which can be consulted at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/. You are free to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work provided that the author is credited and reuse of the material is restricted to non-commercial purposes only and that no derivative works are created from the original material.
