Beschreibung:
Ben Akrigg is Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Toronto. He is co-editor, with Rob Tordoff, of Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greek Comic Drama (Cambridge, 2013).
Systematically explores the changing size and structure of the population of classical Athens and the implications for economic history.
1. Introduction; 2. Population structures; 3. Population size 1: citizens; 4. Population size 2: non-citizens; 5. Population changes; 6. Immediate implications of population change: war and food; 7. Beyond food and fuel; 8. Conclusion.