BART Danon is Assistant Professor in Ancient History at the University of Groningen. He works on the social and economic history of the Roman Empire, with a focus on inequality, urbanisation and slavery. He is a co-editor of The Uncertain Past (Cambridge, 2023).

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• Introduction; 1. Wealthy Italy; 2. Developments in the early-imperial Italian economy; 3. Reconstructing historical wealth distributions; 4. Wealth and political office at Pompeii; 5. The heterogeneity of the Italian civitates; 6. The Italian curial councils; 7. Italian households with curial wealth; 8. Wealth inequality among Italian elites; 9. The Italian wealth distribution; 10. Competition for senatorial positions; 11. Timocracy, wealth and resiliance; Concluding remarks.

BART Danon is Assistant Professor in Ancient History at the University of Groningen. He works on the social and economic history of the Roman Empire, with a focus on inequality, urbanisation and slavery. He is a co-editor of The Uncertain Past (Cambridge, 2023).

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• Introduction; 1. Wealthy Italy; 2. Developments in the early-imperial Italian economy; 3. Reconstructing historical wealth distributions; 4. Wealth and political office at Pompeii; 5. The heterogeneity of the Italian civitates; 6. The Italian curial councils; 7. Italian households with curial wealth; 8. Wealth inequality among Italian elites; 9. The Italian wealth distribution; 10. Competition for senatorial positions; 11. Timocracy, wealth and resiliance; Concluding remarks.

BART Danon is Assistant Professor in Ancient History at the University of Groningen. He works on the social and economic history of the Roman Empire, with a focus on inequality, urbanisation and slavery. He is a co-editor of The Uncertain Past (Cambridge, 2023).

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• Introduction; 1. Wealthy Italy; 2. Developments in the early-imperial Italian economy; 3. Reconstructing historical wealth distributions; 4. Wealth and political office at Pompeii; 5. The heterogeneity of the Italian civitates; 6. The Italian curial councils; 7. Italian households with curial wealth; 8. Wealth inequality among Italian elites; 9. The Italian wealth distribution; 10. Competition for senatorial positions; 11. Timocracy, wealth and resiliance; Concluding remarks.