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A quality not much considered here in the past, how often a work is likely be taken from the shelf, prompts me to put Saskia's Hin's The Demography of Roman Italy in first position. For that depends in turn on how reliable, clear, and broad of outlook the chapters are, and where they lead the reader. Though dry and plain it might seem (for all the developing technologies), the subject moves directly towards a hot, polarized topic – ‘the Roman economy’ and its development – with oscillation between extreme positions. It is a particular merit, then, to put forward a fresh view (though previously adumbrated elsewhere) that is not extreme and must be taken seriously. That is where Hin will take historians. But the book is structured in three sections: economic and ecological parameters, demographic parameters (morality, fertility, and migration), and population size. The separate chapters are well supported from a variety of evidence, judiciously treated and well written up. That on climate, with a mildly positive conclusion, needed no apology. If I have a complaint is it about the index: dive into a passage involving ‘Brass modelling’ and you will have to rummage back in the text (111) for hope of identifying it.
1 The Demography of Roman Italy. Population Dynamics in an Ancient Conquest Society 201 bce–14 ce. By Hin, Saskia. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2013. Pp. xiv + 406. 2 maps, 18 figures, 22 tables. Hardback £65, ISBN: 978-1-107-00393-4CrossRefGoogle Scholar.
2 Polybius and His World. Essays in Memory of F. W. Walbank. Edited by Gibson, Bruce and Harrison, Thomas. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. xvi + 416. 1 plate. Hardback £85, ISBN 978-0-19-960840-9CrossRefGoogle Scholar.
3 Attalid Asia Minor. Money, International Relations, and the State. Edited by Thonemann, Peter. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013. Pp. xxii + 335. 4 maps, 2 charts, 30 illustrations. Hardback £75, ISBN: 978-0-19-965611-0CrossRefGoogle Scholar.
4 Slaves to Rome. Paradigms of Empire in Roman Culture. By Lavan, Myles. Cambridge Classical Studies. Cambridge and New York, Cambridge University Press, 2013. Pp. xiv + 288. Hardback £60, ISBN: 978-1-107-02601-8CrossRefGoogle Scholar.
5 Roman Palmyra. Identity, Community, and State Formation. By Smith, Andrew M. II. New York, Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. xx + 293. 45 figures. Hardback £55, ISBN: 978-0-19-986110-1CrossRefGoogle Scholar.
6 Religion in Republican Rome. Rationalization and Ritual Change. By Rüpke, Jörg. Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012. Hardback £45.50, ISBN: 978-0-8122-4394-9Google Scholar.
7 Maternal Megalomania. Julia Domna and the Imperial Politics of Motherhood. By Langford, Julia. Baltimore, MD, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. Pp. xiv + 204. 20 figures. Hardback £28.50, ISBN: 978-1-4214-0847-7Google Scholar.
8 Imperial Rome ad 193 to 284. The Critical Century. By Ando, Clifford. The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2012. Pp. xiii + 256. 4 maps, 16 figures. Hardback £95, ISBN: 978-0-7486-2050-0; paperback £29.99, ISBN: 978-0-7486-2051-7Google Scholar.
9 Constantine the Emperor. By Potter, David. New York, Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. xvi + 368. 3 map, 55 illustrations. Hardback £25, ISBN: 978-0-19-975586-8Google Scholar.
10 Livy. Rome's Italian Wars. Books 6–10. Translated by Yardley, J. C. with an Introduction and Notes by Dexter Hoyos. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. xliv + 391. 2 maps. Paperback £12.99. ISBN 978-0-19-956485-9Google Scholar.
11 A History of Exile in the Roman Republic. By Kelly, Gordon. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2012. Pp. ix + 260. Paperback £23.99, ISBN: 978-1-107-40733-6Google Scholar. Reviewed in G&R 55.1 (2008), 135.