Until recently migration did not occupy a prominent place on the agenda of students of Roman history. Various types of movement in the Roman world were studied,

The Impact of Mobility and Migration in the Roman Empire assembles a series of papers on key themes of Roman mobility and migration, discussing i.a. the mobilit

While the importance of migration in contemporary society is universally acknowledged, historical analyses of migration put contemporary issues into perspective

Migration, Mobility and Place in Ancient Italy challenges prevailing conceptions of a natural tie to the land and a demographically settled world. It argues tha

A major new history of the spectacular rise and fall of the ancient world's greatest empire