Roman History

A Handbook for the Application of Economic Theory to the Ancient Mediterranean World: Preface, Outlines, & Introduction

by Donald Jones

K. Konuk (ed.), STEPHANÈPHOROS. De l’économie antique à l’Asie Mineure. Hommages à Raymond Descat (Bordeaux, 2012).

by Koray Konuk

Two research themes are particularly representative of Raymond Descat’s scholarly career : the ancient economy and... more Two research themes are particularly representative of Raymond Descat’s scholarly career : the ancient economy and Asia Minor.
It is around these two themes, which he contributed widely to enlighten, that thirty-five colleagues, friends and former students from twelve countries have gathered to honour him on the occasion of his retirement by offering twenty-nine studies.
This volume celebrates a scientific career of international standing whose variety of approaches is mirrored by these essays which discuss ancient, social and economic history, historiography, archaeology, epigraphy, metrology and numismatics.

Métissages gastronomiques

by David Do Paço

co-directed with Dora De Lima, Paris, Publications de la Sorbonne, 2012 (Hypothèses, 15/4, p. 275-348)

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Forthcoming: The Roman Agricultural Economy: Organisation, Investment, and Production

by Andrew Wilson

Bowman, A. K. and Wilson, A. I. (eds) (forthcoming 2013), The Roman Agricultural Economy: Organisation, Investment, and Production. Oxford Studies in the Roman Economy 3. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

This volume presents an introduction and nine papers by Roman historians and archaeologists, discussing methods of... more This volume presents an introduction and nine papers by Roman historians and archaeologists, discussing methods of analysing the organisation and performance of the agrarian sector of the economy of the Mediterranean world under Roman imperial rule in the period c. 100 BC to AD 350. The papers exemplify a range of possible approaches to studying and, within limits, quantifying aspects of agricultural production in the Roman world, and casting light on the structure and performance of that sector of the economy, on the basis of widely different sources of evidence – historical, papyrological and archaeological. The volume aims to move substantially beyond the simple assumption that agriculture was the dominant sector of the ancient economy, and to explore what was special and distinctive about the Roman economy in terms, for example, of state involvement and institutional infrastructure, or the phenomenon of market-oriented surplus production based around the villa system. What is especially new and distinctive about this book is its focus on marshalling a large quantity of evidence, both archaeological and documentary, to address large questions of the structure and performance of the agricultural economy of the Roman world. In particular, it offers a means of analysing investment in agricultural facilities, and tracks variation in patterns across time and across regions within the empire.

I Romani in Sicilia e nel sud dell’Italia

by Simone Sisani

Udine, Maguns, 2006
co-authored with F. Coarelli and E. De Albentiis

Nursia e l’ager Nursinus. Un distretto sabino dalla praefectura al municipium (Catalogo Norcia 2009-10)

by Simone Sisani

Roma, Edizioni Quasar, forthcoming

La ceca de Valentia

by Pere Pau Ripollès Alegre

Pere P. Ripollès Alegre. Estudis Numismàtics Valencians nº 2, València 1988.

The colony of Valentia minted three issues of coins, each of them in the name of a pair of different magistrates... more The colony of Valentia minted three issues of coins, each of them in the name of a pair of different magistrates (quaestores). The types chosen for the obverse and reverse are repeated in all the denominations and they are a copy of the Roman denarii struck by Q. Fabius Maximus (RRC 265/1). On the obverse it shows the helmeted head of Rome and on the reverse a cornucopia on a thunderbolt. The first issue was minted by the magistrates C. Lucienus and C Munius, the second by T. Ahius and L. Trinius and the third by L Coranius and C. Numius. The coinages were issued from the foundation of the colony in the year 138 BC. to the Sertonian wars (ca. 80-72 B.C.). The magistrates were of Italic origin, according to their personal names.
The book presents an exhaustive catalogue and die study of the colonial coinages of Valentia.

Bonus vir. Politica filosofia retorica e diritto nel de officiis di Cicerone

by Roberto Fiori

Napoli 2011
(Modelli teorici e metodologici nella storia del diritto privato - Quaderni: 5)
ISBN: 978-88-243-2062-7

Homo sacer. Dinamica politico-costituzionale di una sanzione giuridico-religiosa

by Roberto Fiori

Napoli 1996
(Università di Roma 'La Sapienza' - Pubblicazioni dell'Istituto di Diritto romano e dei Diritti dell'Oriente mediterraneo)
ISBN: 88-243-1172-5

Et tu Bruté? A short history of political murder (Harvard 2007)

by Greg Woolf

http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?recid=28305

Tales of the Barbarians. Ethnography and Empire in the Roman West (Malden, 2011)

by Greg Woolf

http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-140516073X.html

Rome. An Empire's Story (Oxford and New York, 2012)

by Greg Woolf

http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/academic/classicalstudies/history/9780199603084.do

http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/ClassicalStudies/AncientHistory/?view=usa&ci=9780199775293

Goedereede-Oude Oostdijk. Een havenplaats uit de Romeinse tijd

by Sidestone Press

by Jasper de Bruin, Guus Besuijen, Hans Siemons & Jeroen van Zoolingen (2012)

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Even ten noorden van Goedereede, in de Oude Oostdijkpolder, bevond zich in de Romeinse tijd een nederzettingsterrein.... more Even ten noorden van Goedereede, in de Oude Oostdijkpolder, bevond zich in de Romeinse tijd een nederzettingsterrein. Hier vonden in de jaren ’50 en ’80 van de twintigste eeuw opgravingen plaats. Middelen voor de uitwerking van de resultaten van het onderzoek ontbraken echter, waardoor jarenlang onduidelijk was wat de omvang en het karakter van de nederzetting was. In 2010-2011 is de vindplaats in het kader van het onderzoeksprogramma Odyssee ontsloten. Hierbij zijn de destijds opgegraven grondsporen en een deel van het vondstmateriaal geanalyseerd.

Het nederzettingsterrein was gelegen aan een bevaarbare kreek, waarlangs de toenmalige bewoners beschoeiingen en kadewerken hebben aangelegd. Andere opvallende elementen zijn de planmatige uitleg van de nederzetting, het voorkomen van pakhuizen en grote hoeveelheden geïmporteerd aardewerk. Op basis van deze gegevens kan gesproken worden van een havenplaats, die functioneerde tussen 85 en 225 na Christus. De nederzetting heeft waarschijnlijk een belangrijke functie gehad in de overslag en distributie van diverse goederen, waaronder keramiek en voedingsgewassen. Tevens gaat het om een van de grotere plaatsen uit de Romeinse tijd in het westen van Nederland. De gegevens van het onderzoek in Goedereede tonen aan dat de grootschalige overslag en distributie van goederen, die heden ten dage het economisch leven in de West-Nederlandse delta domineert, al in de Romeinse tijd een aanvang heeft genomen.

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Monografia comunei Lăzăreni

by Gruia Fazecas

Moisa G. (coord.), co-authored with Bodea Gh., Bradu I., Ciorba I., Marta D., Popovici V., Ed. Arca, Oradea, 2007.

Berenike 1999/2000 Report on the Excavations at Berenike and the Survey of the Mons Smaragdus Region. eds S. Sidebotham, W. Wendrich

by Jean-Louis Rivard

Chapter 18: Survey of the Emerald mines at Wadi Sikait

Emerald City, in Archaeology Magazine May/June 2002

by Jean-Louis Rivard

Exploration in Egypt's Eastern Desert, with S. Sidebotham, B. Foster

Demography and the Graeco-Roman World. New Insights and Approaches, with Claire Holleran (eds.). 2011. Cambridge University Press

by April Pudsey

Through a series of case studies this book demonstrates the wide-ranging impact of demographic dynamics on social,... more Through a series of case studies this book demonstrates the wide-ranging impact of demographic dynamics on social, economic and political structures in the Graeco-Roman world. The individual case studies focus on fertility, mortality and migration and the roles they played in various aspects of ancient life. These studies – drawn from a range of populations in Athens and Attica, Rome and Italy, and Graeco-Roman Egypt – illustrate how new insights can be gained by applying demographic methods to familiar themes in ancient history. Methodological issues are addressed in a clear, straightforward manner with no assumption of prior technical knowledge, ensuring that the book is accessible to readers with no training in demography. The book marks an important step forward in ancient historical demography, affirming both the centrality of population studies in ancient history and the contribution that antiquity can make to population history in general.

Cronologia Ciceroniana in CD-Rom, in N. MARINONE, Cronologia Ciceroniana, «Collana di studi ciceroniani» VI, seconda edizione aggiornata e corretta con nuova versione interattiva in CD-Rom a cura di E. MALASPINA, Centro di Studi Ciceroniani – Pàtron Editore, Roma Bologna 2004. (CD-Rom) Nuova versione on line con integrazioni ed aggiornamenti dal titolo Ephemerides Tullianae nel sito della Société internationale des Amis de Cicéron

by Ermanno Malaspina

Recensioni: Fidel A. SÁNCHEZ, «Revista de Estudios Latinos» IV 2004, 292-293 | Roberto CRISTOFOLI, «GIF» LVI, 2004,... more Recensioni: Fidel A. SÁNCHEZ, «Revista de Estudios Latinos» IV 2004, 292-293 | Roberto CRISTOFOLI, «GIF» LVI, 2004, 307-312 | Walter ENGLERT, «BMCR» 05.09.11 | Paul Marius MARTIN, «REL» LXXXIII, 2005, 318-320 | Aires A. NASCIMENTO, «Euphrosyne» XXXIII, 2005, 557-559 | Chiara RENDA, «Vichiana» VII, 2005, 420-421 | Bruno ROCHETTE, «LEC» LXXIII, 2005, 82-83 | Olli SALOMIES, «Arctos» XXXIX, 2005, 228-230 | Dario MANTOVANI, «Athenaeum» XCIV, 2006, 378 | John T. RAMSEY, «CPh» CI, 2006, 424-429 | Catherine STEEL, «CR» LVI, 2006, 246 | Lucienne DESCHAMPS, «REA» CVIII, 2006, 777-778 | F. VAN HAEPEREN, «RBPh» LXXXV, 2007, 184 | Lucia PASETTI, «Lexis» XXV, 2007, 457-458 | Daniel KNECHT, «AC» LIX, 2008, 427-428 | Philippe MOREAU, «Latomus» LXVII, 2008, 245.

Taten und Tugenden Traians. Herrschaftsdarstellung im Principat

by Gunnar Seelentag

Anhand der Regierung Traians wird das Phänomen der Herrschaftsdarstellung im römischen Principat betrachtet. Es wird... more Anhand der Regierung Traians wird das Phänomen der Herrschaftsdarstellung im römischen Principat betrachtet. Es wird deutlich, dass sich Herrschaft nicht in einem autoritären, hierarchisch organisierten Regieren erschöpfte, sondern im Wesentlichen durch Konsens funktionierte. Um diesen Konsens herzustellen, war ein fortlaufender Prozess der Kommunikation nötig, in dem der Kaiser und jene Gruppen, die für seine Akzeptanz wesentlich waren, affirmative Forderungen an das Verhalten des Gegenübers formulierten und ihrerseits auf solche Wünsche reagierten.
Die Arbeit unternimmt vor diesem Hintergrund eine zum Teil grundlegende Neubewertung bekannter Quellen und zeigt exemplarisch, wie das Zusammenspiel unterschiedlicher Medien die Darstellung des Kaisers konstituierte.

The Iranian Conspiracy: A Novel

by Greg Fisher

ISBN-13: 9781607460169

When archaeologist Andrew Thorpe hears about the chance discovery of a new Latin inscription at a remote volcano in... more When archaeologist Andrew Thorpe hears about the chance discovery of a new Latin inscription at a remote volcano in southern Syria, he is drawn into a web of intrigue rooted in one of the greatest mysteries of the ancient world. Andrew realises that he has stumbled across evidence for the location of the lost tomb of Iran's most famous emperor, Shapur the Great, and, after the sudden and violent death of a long-time colleague in Damascus, he becomes determined to uncover the secrets embedded in the inscription to prevent a sinister and shadowy Iranian nationalist group, the Sons of Cyrus, from reaching their goal. Together with help from Rachel Campion, a journalist who has had her own brush with the Sons of Cyrus, and Rachel's brother Jack, a British diplomat, Andrew embarks on a quest which takes him to some of the most secretive and spectacular archaeological sites of the Middle East. From the forgotten city of Madain Salih in Saudi Arabia to the rose-red Syrian city of Palmyra, and from abandoned Roman fortresses on the Euphrates to the ancient church of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Andrew and Rachel battle unseen forces to prevent an international catastrophe which threatens to destroy the prospects for peace in the Middle East once and for all.