The lack of evidence has proved to be the greatest obstacle involved in reconstructing the
quaestorship and has probably discouraged scholars from undertaking a large-scale study …

Work and labour are fundamental to an understanding of Roman society. In a world where
reliable information was scarce and economic insecurity loomed large, social structures and …

Is it possible to overcome grief after years of mourning? What should a Roman woman do to
regain control of her thoughts? This book–which is the first commentary in English on …

Accusing someone of committing a crime arrests everyday social relations and unfurls
processes that decide on who to admit to criminal justice networks. Accusation demarcates …

Abstract The early Augustan Age witnessed an increase in building activities and overall
interest in mainland Greece which has primarily been understood from the perspective of …

This book aims to explore and assess the potential economic and biological outcomes of
marriage in ancient Egypt between kin biologically related beyond the level of sibling and …

Music was everywhere in ancient Rome. Wherever one went in the sprawling city, the sound
of singing and pi**, drumming and strumming was never far out of earshot. This book …

This article argues that anecdotes about Roman generals plundering foreign libraries were
a type of Roman origin story that gained traction among imperial authors writing about the …

More often than not we have little or no knowledge of the context of an occupational
inscription: we do not know the monument it was part of, and it is often unclear precisely …

Only during the last two centuries have humans known or cared much about the sufferings of
fellow-humans in remote parts of the world. Some sacred literature encouraged the idea that …