Speranţa de viaţă şi structura de vârstă a populaţiei feminine din Moesia Superior (secolele I-III d.Hr.)
Life expectancy and age structure of female population in Moesia Superior (1st-3rd c. AD)

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study is to calculate the main demographic parameters (life expectancy and age structure) for the female population of Moesia Superior. These results have been compared to those obtained for the female populations of the Roman Egypt, of Moesia Inferior, of Pannonia Inferior, and of Pannonia Superior. Life expectancy at birth for the female population of Moesia Superior is around 30 years old, similarly with the Danubian provinces, but different from that of Egypt. Young ages are underrepresented, while older ages are overrepresented. It is worth mentioning a preference for rounded ages, present in all the samples made of funerary inscriptions. „Very exact” ages are encountered only in the case of female citizens, except for one female (the daughter of an imperial slave). The attention paid to exact ages appears to have been specific to those with high financial status.

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