1 Introduction
Ian Morris (Stanford University), Richard P. Saller (Stanford University), and Walter Scheidel (Stanford University)

PART I: DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE

2 Ecology
ROBERT SALLARES (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology)
3 Demography
WALTER SCHEIDEL (Stanford University)
4 Household and gender
RICHARD P. SALLER (Stanford University)
5 Law and economic institutions
BRUCE W. FRIER (University of Michigan) and DENNIS P. KEHOE (Tulane University)
6 Technology
HELMUTH SCHNEIDER (University of Kassel)

PART II: EARLY MEDITERRANEAN ECONOMIES AND THE NEAR EAST

7 The Aegean Bronze Age
JOHN BENNET (University of Sheffield)
8 Early Iron Age Greece
IAN MORRIS (Stanford University)
9 The Iron Age in the western Mediterranean MICHAEL DIETLER (University of Chicago)
10 Archaic Greece
ROBIN OSBORNE (Cambridge University)
11 The Persian Near East
PETER R. BEDFORD (Edith Cowan University)

PART III: CLASSICAL GREECE

12 Classical Greece: Production
JOHN К. DAVIES (University of Liverpool)
13 Classical Greece: Distribution
ASTRID MOLLER (University of Freiburg)
14 Classical Greece: Consumption
SITТА VON REDEN (University 0fAugsburg)

PART IV: THE HELLENISTIC STATES

15 The Hellenistic Near East
ROBARTUS J. VAN DER SPEK (Free University of Amsterdam)
16 Hellenistic Egypt
JOSEPH G. MANNING (Stanford University)
17 Hellenistic Greece and western Asia Minor GARY REGER (Trinity College)

PART V: EARLY ITALY AND THE ROMAN REPUBLIC

18 Early Rome and Italy
JEAN-PAUL MOREL (University of Provence)
19 The late Republic
WILLIAM V. HARRIS (Columbia University)

PART VI: THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE

20 The early Roman empire: Production
DENNIS P. KEHOE (Tulane University)
21 The early Roman empire: Distribution NEVILLE MORLEY (University of Bristol)
22 The early Roman empire: Consumption WILLEM M. JONGMAN (University of Groningen)
23 The early Roman empire: The state and the economy
ELIO LO CASCIO (University of Rome ‘La Sapienza)

PART VII: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE

24 The western provinces
PHILIPPE LEVEAU (UniversityofProvence)
25 The eastern Mediterranean
SUSAN E. ALCOCK (Brown University)
26 Roman Egypt
DOMINIC W. RATHBONE (Kings College London)
27 The frontier zones
DAVID CHERRY (Montana State University)

PART VIII: EPILOGUE

28 The transition to late antiquit}'
ANDREA GIARDINA (Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane)

Bibliography
Index