The first OXREP conference took place on Wednesday, September 27th, 2006 in the Headly Lecture Theatre (Ashmolean Museum). The conference focused on the general theme of quantifying approaches to the study of the Roman economy. Speakers and respondents included Robert Allen, Roger Bagnall, Alan Bowman, Lisa Fentress, Chris Howgego, William Harris, David Mattingly, Matthew Ponting, Dominic Rathbone, Chris Wickham and Andrew Wilson.
Programme
09:00
Alan Bowman and Andrew Wilson
Growth, Integration, Decline?
09.30
Elio Lo Cascio
Urbanisation as a proxy of demographic and economic growth
Respondent: Roger Bagnall
10:30
Tea & Coffee
11:00
Lisa Fentress
Peopling the countryside: Roman demography in the Albegna Valley and Jerba
Respondent: David Mattingly
12:00
Alan Bowman
Quantifying Egyptian Agriculture
Respondent: Chris Wickham
13:00
Lunch
14:00
Andrew Wilson
Approaches to quantifying Roman trade
Respondent: William Harris
15:00
Dominic Rathbone
Earnings and costs: living standards and the Roman economy
Respondent: Bob Allen
16:00
Tea & Coffee
16:30
Matthew Ponting
Roman silver coinage: mints, metallurgy, and production
