Introduzione
La presente introduzione illustra i temi trattati nel volume, la metodologia e i più importanti risultati ottenuti dallo studio del rapporto tra popolazione e risorse nell'Italia del Nord da età pre-romana a età longobarda.
demografia storica
Northern Italy. Urbanization, demography and agrarian output
This is a thorough analysis of the urban network of Northern Italy in Roman Times; contrary to general models, and based on reconstructable agrarian outputs, one might expect to see in Northern Italy a much denser network of cities and more urban dwellers. The article analyzes also the competitive reconstructions of high-counters and low-counters regarding the overall population of northern Italy and offers new evidence to solve the issue.