Paul Erdkamp is Professor of Ancient History at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. His research interests focus on the demography and economy of the Roman world, including living standards and food supply. In addition he has published on Republican historiography and Roman warfare. He is author of Hunger and the Sword. Warfare and Food Supply in Roman Republican Wars (1998) and The Grain Market in the Roman Empire (2005) and edited A Companion to the Roman Army (2007), The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome (2013) and, with Koen Verboven and Arjan Zuiderhoek, Ownership and Exploitation of Land and Natural Resources in the Roman World (2015).

Claire Holleran is Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter, UK. Her research interests focus on Roman social and economic history, particularly the city of Rome, urban economies, the retail trade and demography. She is the author of Shopping in Ancient Rome: The Retail Trade in the Late Republic and the Principate (2012), and co-editor with April Pudsey of Demography and the Greco-Roman World (2011), and with Amanda Claridge of A Companion to the City of Rome (2018).

Contents;List of Figures and Tables ;Note on Contributors; Introduction Paul Erdkamp and Claire Holleran;Section 1: Evidence and Methodology Textual Evidence: Roman Reflections of Realities Kim Beerden;Visual Evidence Shana O'Connell;Material Evidence on Diet, Cooking and Techniques L. M. Banducci;Investigating Roman Diet through Archaeobotanical Evidence Alexandra Livarda;The Contribution of Zooarchaeology Paul Halstead;The Bioarchaeology of Roman Diet Chryssi Bourbou;Section 2: Food and Drink Roman Meals in their Domestic and Wider Settings John Donahue;Cereals and Bread F. B. J. Heinrich;Pulses. M. Hansen and F. B. J. Heinrich;Olives and Olive Oil Erica Rowan ;Wine and other Beverages Wim Broekaert;Meat and other Animal Products Michael MacKinnon;Fish and Seafood Annalisa Marzano;Section 3: Peoples and Identities Women, Children and Food Christian Laes;Central and Northern Europe Tünde Kaszab-Olschewski;Jews in Palestine David Kraemer;Egypt Willy Clarysse;The Impact of Christianity on Diet, Health, and Nutrition in Late Antiquity Emmanuelle Raga;Section 4: A Forum on Energy, Malnutrition, and Stature Using Skeletal Remains as a Proxy for Roman Lifestyles: the Potential and Problems with Osteological Reconstructions of Health, Diet, and Stature in Imperial Rome Kristina Killgrove;Comparative Perspectives on Nutrition and Social Inequality in the Roman World Geoffrey Kron;Skeletons in the Cupboard: Femurs and Food Regimes in the Roman World Miko Flohr;Section 5: Food on the Market and in Politics;Market Regulation and Intervention in the Urban Food Supply Claire Holleran ;Famine and Hunger in the Roman World Paul Erdkamp;Bibliography ;Index