How Excessive Government Killed Ancient Rome
Beginning with the third century B.C. Roman economic policy started to contrast more and more sharply with that in the Hellenistic world, especially Egypt.
The Composition of the Peloponnesian Elites in the Roman period and the Evolution of their Resistance and Approach to the Roman Rulers
Polybios was the first of a series of cultured Greeks attached to Romans and the first known member of a Peloponnesian elite to have developed such a close connection to the Romans.
Roman sumptuary legislation of the Republican Era C. 200-100 B.C.
Between the end of the Second Punic War and the beginning of the Social War the Roman Senate proposed and the voters passed a number of laws and regulations concemed with private life and public display, among them at least four restricting the cost of provisioning and the number of guests allowed at private banquets.
Making late Roman taxpayers pay: imperial government strategies and practice
Means of enforcement constitute only one factor of a model for late Roman tax collection and this concern with enforcement, in turn, cannot be sepa- rated from the peculiar Roman notions of fiscal justice.
Social Norms in the Courts of Ancient Athens
The Athenian court system plays little role in conventional explanations for Athens’ success as a well-ordered society. Instead, scholars tend to em- phasize the importance of informal social control and internalized norms in maintaining order.
The instrumental value of others and institutional change: An Athenian case study
A primary motive for certain Athenian rule changes in the direction of increased legal access and impartiality in the fourth century B.C. was Athenian awareness of the increased instrumental value of foreigners.
Mapping Politics: An Investigation of Deme Theatres in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C.E.
Mapping Politics: An Investigation of Deme Theatres in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C.E. Jessica Paga (Princeton University) Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics:…
Going with the Grain: Athenian State Formation and the Question of Subsistence in the 5th and 4th Centuries BCE
The questions I intend to ask in this paper focus on this very issue. My case study is 5th century BCE Athens. During this period, the so-called “Athenian Empire”, Athens experienced military growth, geographic expansion of its hegemony, and further population increase.
Citizenship in Ancient Greece
The notion and problem of citizenship in ancient Greece is very complex and it continues, in different contexts, to be the object of scientific research even very recently, as we can evince from new book titles.