Classical demography  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump
to: navigation, search  Classical demography refers to the study
of human demography in the Classical period. It often focuses on
the absolute number of people who were alive in civilizations
around the Mediterranean Sea between the Bronze Age and the Fall
of the Roman Empire, but in recent decades historians have been
more interested in trying to analyse demographic processes such
as the birth and death rates or the sex ratio of ancient
populations. The period was characterized by an explosion in
population with the rise of the Greek and Roman civilizations
followed by a steep decline caused by economic and social
disruption, migrations, and a return to primarily subsistence
agriculture. Demographic questions play an important role in
determining the size and structure of the economy of Ancient
Greece and the Roman economy.  Ancient Greece and Greek
colonies[edit]  Beginning in the 8th century BC, Greek city-
states began colonizing the Mediterr