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Holleran, Claire; Pudsey, April

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“…According to classicists Claire Holleran and April Pudsay, ‘Demographic dynamics should … be central to any socio-economic analysis of the ancient world’ (2016: 2). Demographic evidence for the ancient Mediterranean is not straightforward.…”

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“…Most often, the colloquial use of ‘life expectancy’ refers to ‘life expectancy at birth’ (how many years a person can expect to live on average from birth to death), but one can talk about life expectancy at other points of the life course, such as life expectancy at age 5 or at live expectancy at age 60. Life expectancy is measured using rates of mortality and fertility (number of deaths and births in a given population) as well as migration (number of people entering or leaving the population; Parkin 1992: 72; Scheidel 2012: 101; Hin 2013: 6; Holleran and Pudsey 2016: 1). 10…”

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Considerations of Age and Demography for Early Christ Groups

LaFosse

2024

Journal for the Study of the New Testament

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Age is an integral part of social interaction and identity but has been largely neglected in studies of early Christ groups. An understanding of the demography (the study of population patterns) of first century Roman cultures in the ancient Mediterranean is critical if one is to avoid, as much as possible, anachronistic and ethnocentric understandings of age in early Christ groups. Although average life expectancy at birth was low (mid-20s to early 30s), people did not expect to die young. This paper reviews ancient demographic evidence used to estimate life expectancy in the ancient Mediterranean (census data in papyri, funerary inscriptions, material culture and model life tables) and assesses Richard P. Saller’s simulation of the kin universe (1994). Clarifying the implications of demography is critical for studying the rhetoric and realities of age in early Christ groups in their ancient Mediterranean settings.

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Considerations of Age and Demography for Early Christ Groups

LaFosse

2024

Journal for the Study of the New Testament

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“…Numerous academic publications concern the demography of ancient times, offering us a good overview of the Roman family and the demography of Mediterranean part of the Roman Empire. Good syntheses are given by Holleran and Pudsey (2011), De Ligt and Northwood (2008), De Ligt (2012), Pelgrom 2012and Hin (2015).…”

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Current Trends in Roman Demography and Empirical Approaches to the Dynamics of the Limes Populations

Séguy

2019

Computational Social Sciences

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Based on the three principal and inevitably incomplete information sources on ancient historical demography, and taking into account the particularities of the populations living around the Limes Germanicus, a largely male population of soldiers and migrants, this chapter examines the factors that may have influenced their dynamics over the short, medium and long term. It also looks at the possible consequences of increased pressure on the environment, heightened risk of epidemics linked to the rise in population concentration, long-distance communication and adverse climate changes observed from the second half of the second century AD. The proposed empirical approach aims to shed light on the factors that shaped the dynamics of these very specific populations over the long term.

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Child and Parent in Roman Law

Vuolanto

2016

The Oxford Handbook of Roman Law and Society

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This chapter concentrates on the issues in which the Roman jurisdiction of the Empire intervened in the relationships between parents and their (minor) children. It discusses the ownership and use of the property of the children, the consequences of legal incapacity of the children, guardianship, limits of patria potestas and filial and parental duties. Children were to be constantly under someone else’s authority. This meant not only restrictions in managing property, and in incapacity to represent oneself or others, but also some privileges. Moreover, while patria potestas was an important tool in organising family finances, in propagating Romanness and proper family relationships during the Roman Empire, it was not without limits. The powers of the fathers were balanced by the requirement of pietas between parents and the children.

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Considerations of Age and Demography for Early Christ Groups

Considerations of Age and Demography for Early Christ Groups

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Child and Parent in Roman Law

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