{"id":92509,"date":"2025-03-20T02:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T06:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=92509"},"modified":"2024-11-19T22:07:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T03:07:46","slug":"everyday-life-in-the-roman-empire-demography-income-life-expectancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/03\/20\/everyday-life-in-the-roman-empire-demography-income-life-expectancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyday Life in the Roman Empire &#8211; Demography, Income, Life Expectancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0MSWw2hBl2I?si=fAtCiv4p9Bs4cbbW\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>seangabb<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 12 Sept 2024<\/p>\n<p>Part seven in a series on Everyday Life in the Roman Empire, this lecture discusses demography and life chances during the Imperial period. Here is what it covers:<\/p>\n<p>Introduction \u2013 00:00:00<br \/>\nOur Statistical Civilisation \u2013 00:00:24<br \/>\nAncient &#8220;Statistics&#8221; \u2013 00:08:05<br \/>\nHow Many Roman Citizens? \u2013 00:18:04<br \/>\nPopulation of the Empire \u2013 00:21:36<br \/>\nCity Populations \u2013 00:27:45<br \/>\nAverage Incomes \u2013 00:36:27<br \/>\nLife Expectancy \u2013 00:35:37<br \/>\nCountry Life \u2013 00:52:06<br \/>\nPopulation of Rome \u2013 00:54:39<br \/>\nFeeding Rome \u2013 00:57:40<br \/>\nRoman Water Supply \u2013 01:00:44<br \/>\nBathing and Sanitation \u2013 01:04:16<br \/>\nHygienic Value \u2013 01:04:16<br \/>\nBibliography \u2013 01:06:17<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you have enjoyed this lecture, its author might enjoy a bag of coffee, or some other small token of esteem: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa0ZjR1BPXzlMQ2JtSG83bHhSVXdyQ0ZXTXVkZ3xBQ3Jtc0trUDRDNFpVUzZnb1BEUk5scHc0ZGxkZTN0UTM1dTlpaUtUekF6alBzRWkyVGJfYzBxWl9KcXVOSlBoUy1RWTF5WHZJTHc1ZFhqam0tZXMzT3d3Tlo3d2t0cWUzM3lHWFF6dXBQWThrVlFSVDY2ZHRmaw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fhz%2Fwishlist%2Fls%2F3HSH7EF410352%3Fref_%3Dwl_share&#038;v=0MSWw2hBl2I\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/hz\/wishlist\/&#8230;<\/a> (The coffee percolator would be particularly welcome as the author&#8217;s wife has banned him from buying it himself) <\/p>\n<p>Books by Sean Gabb: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbEsyX2k1SGJidlNzRmtBbm5MaVVUZXBoMVlmZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuMjNDdGd4T2xaTmZacW9IaUp3RWJoMk1lZXl0SUtXWGRKQ1l5NXVLTnEzeUp2T0FTNTBfdTFWMDVzakZrNHVkbzNRLU5MMWdJSWFUTUs4MjRaa2N2S1RJdk5DN3lYRVZzbzhMdGZHcHdNUXBESXo5WQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fkindle-dbs%2Fentity%2Fauthor%2FB0034Q418E%3F_encoding%3DUTF8%26node%3D266239%26offset%3D0%26pageSize%3D12%26searchAlias%3Dstripbooks%26sort%3Dauthor-sidecar-rank%26page%3D1%26langFilter%3Ddefault%23formatSelectorHeader&#038;v=0MSWw2hBl2I\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/kindle-dbs\/e&#8230;<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>His historical novels (under the pen name &#8220;Richard Blake&#8221;): https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Richard-Blak&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>seangabb Published 12 Sept 2024 Part seven in a series on Everyday Life in the Roman Empire, this lecture discusses demography and life chances during the Imperial period. 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