De Agricultura. in Memoriam P. W. De Neeve: In Memoriam Pieter Willem De Neeve (1945-1990 (Dutch monographs on ancient history and archaeology)

With contributions by J.N. Bremmer, J. Carlsen, D.P. Kehoe, L. De ligt, E. Lo Cascio, F.J.A.M. Meijer, H.W. Pleket, D. Rathbone, P. Rosafio, H. Sancisi-Weerdenburg, H.W. Singor, W. Scheidel, R.J. v.d. Spek, H.C. Teitler, H.S. Versnel, H.T. Wallinga, D. Yntema. DE AGRICULTURA: IN MEMORIAM PIETER WILLEM DE NEEVE (1945-1990) 4 Copyright 5 Preface 6 CONTENTS 8 Pieter Willem de Neeve (1945-1990) on ancient agrarian history 10 Hesiod's farmer as a sailor 20 Solon's hektēmoroi and Pisistratid dekatēmoroi 32 Spartan land lots and Helot rents 50 New evidence on Seleucid land policy 80 Greeks, natives and farmsteads in south-eastern Italy 97 Saturn and the Saturnalia. The question of origin 117 The census qualifications of the assidui and the prima classis 140 Cicero and the costs of the republican grain laws 172 The emergence of tenancy and the precarium 183 Tibullus' colonus and his 'Ambarvalia' 196 Sklaven und Freigelassene als Pächter und ihre ökonomische Funktion in der römischen Landwirtschaft (Colonus-Studien III) 201 The vilica and Roman estate management 216 Free-born estate managers in the Graeco-Roman world 225 Investment in estates by upper-class landowners in early imperial Italy: The case of Pliny the Younger 233 The nundinae of L. Bellicius Sollers 257 Partners in agriculture. The pooling of resources in rural societates in Roman Italy 282 Considerazioni sulla struttura e sulla dinamica dell'affitto agrario in eta imperiale 315 Agriculture in the Roman empire in comparative perspective 336 Bibliography of Pieter Wim de Neeve 362 Bibliography 364 Index 402 Addresses of contributors 422