Manpower Needs for the Public Works Programs of the Julio-Claudian Emperors

Abstract

The paper quantifies the relative manpower costs of the public building programs of the Julio-Claudian emperors of Rome from 29 b.c. to a.d. 68. We used both literary and archaeological sources for obtaining our data. Upon charting the data we discovered that the manpower needs show two peaks, one between 12 b.c. and 3 b.c. , the other from a.d. 38–51.