Coin hoards speak of population declines in Ancient Rome

News Post

Coin hoards speak of population declines in Ancient Rome

By Peter Turchin and Walter Scheidel

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol.106, No.41 (2009)

Abstract: In times of violence, people tend to hide their valuables... [continue reading]

Posted by historyoftheancientworld.com on March 5, 2012, 19:15.

Interesting Pages

You might also find the following pages interesting...

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

Comments

Please log in or register to post comments. Sadly this is necessary to prevent comment spam. Alternatively, you can use the comments widget below.

Advertisement

Why ads? / Advertise Here

Related Pages

Encyclopedia Definition

Science

by Cristian Violatti
published on 23 January 2013
The term science comes from Latin scientia, meaning “knowledge”. It could be defined as a systematic attempt to discover, by means of observation and reasoning, particular facts about the world, and to establish laws connecting facts with one another and (in fortunate cases) to make it possible to predict future occurrences. There are some other definitions... [continue reading]
Encyclopedia Definition

Rome

by Joshua J. Mark
published on 02 September 2009
According to legend, Ancient Rome was founded by the two brothers, and demi-gods, Romulus and Remus, on 21 April 753. The legend claims that, in an argument over who would rule the city (or, in another version, where the city would be located) Romulus killed Remus and named the city after himself. This story of the founding of Rome is the best known but it... [continue reading]

News Archive

Sponsors
Many thanks to the companies who are kindly helping us: