tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post1713733697729387581..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Roman coin hoards and population sizeDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-25332998012049949572011-02-20T00:54:59.401+02:002011-02-20T00:54:59.401+02:00Coin Hoards can give us a fairly accurate time lin...Coin Hoards can give us a fairly accurate time line and give some incite how longs some coins were in circulationSunPhishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06751465555581591410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-39043780761444030472009-10-08T13:18:58.218+03:002009-10-08T13:18:58.218+03:00However I've been digging a bit further (think...However I've been digging a bit further (think before talking, Maju!) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_War_(91%E2%80%9388_BC)" rel="nofollow">it does seem</a> that Appian mentions that Roman land policies had caused at the beginning of that century high inequality of wealth, causing widespread poverty and eventually the Social War. <br /><br />So guess that when historians argue on that, they have some reasons. <br /><br />A possibility is nevertheless that it has nothing to do with demography but with wealth distribution. If most wealth was in the hands of the super-rich, who could surely keep it safe by other means than burying it in the ground, most people would just have no savings to hide at all... but they would still be in most cases alive and kicking.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-20568476278133749552009-10-08T13:07:24.353+03:002009-10-08T13:07:24.353+03:00... but I can't really say I buy into their co...<i>... but I can't really say I buy into their conclusions</i>. <br /><br />Me neither. The dynamics of hoards is interesting but their interpretation seems quite questionable. I can't even think of any event in that period after 100 BCE that should cause massive depopulation in Italy. So I'm quite sceptic in this case too.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.com