The Growth and Decline of the Western Roman Empire: Quantifying the Dynamics of Army Size, Territory, and Coinage

We model the Western Roman Empire from 500 BCE to 500 CE, aiming to understand the interdependent dynamics of army size, conquered territory and the production and debasement of coins within the empire. The relationships are represented through feedback relationships and modelled mathematically via...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sabin Roman, Erika Palmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2019-12-01
Series:Cliodynamics
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2cz4q2jq