The Demography of the Greco-Roman World

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This volume is more than a translation. It is a modern scholarly edition designed to preserve Beloch's original work while making it substantially more accessible to contemporary historians, archaeologists, classicists and students.

The edition includes English translations of Beloch's Latin and Greek quotations, a reconstructed bibliography compiled from the original references and editorial material intended to assist readers without altering the substance of the original text.

The result is a faithful presentation of one of the most influential works ever written on the demography of the ancient world.

This edition includes English translations of Beloch's Latin quotations, translations of Greek passages where necessary for comprehension, reconstructed bibliographic references, and editorial notes that are clearly distinguished from Beloch's own text.

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Structure of the Work

This edition preserves Beloch's original organization, reflecting the systematic progression from methodology to regional demographic analysis before concluding with a comprehensive synthesis of the ancient world's population history.

Part I — Foundations
Chapter I — Sources and Tools
Chapter II — The Composition of the Population According to Sex and Age

Part II — The Greek World
Chapter III — Attica
Chapter IV — The Peloponnese
Chapter V — Central and Northern Greece
Chapter VI — The Hellenic East
Chapter VII — Sicily and Greater Greece

Part III — Rome and the Latin West
Chapter VIII — The Roman Census
Chapter IX — Italy
Chapter X — The Latin West

Part IV — Synthesis
Chapter XI — The Urban Population
Chapter XII — History of the Population

Addenda
The Greek Fleet at Salamis
Heraclea Trachis
Guide to References