Troy and Homer
Troy and Homer Ian Morris Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics: November (2005) Abstract This is a review of Joachim Latacz’s book Troy and…
The eighth-century revolution
The eighth-century revolution Ian Morris (Stanford University) Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics: December (2005) Abstract Through most of the 20th century classicists saw…
The growth of Greek cities in the first millennium BC
The growth of Greek cities in the first millennium BC Ian Morris Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics: December (2005) Abstract In this paper I…
The collapse and regeneration of complex society in Greece, 1500-500 BC
The collapse and regeneration of complex society in Greece, 1500-500 BC Ian Morris Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics: December (2005) Abstract Greece between 1500…
Map Resources for Roman North Africa
Map Resources for Brent D. Shaw Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics: December (2005) Abstract This is the early draft of a collation of…
Narratives of Roman Syria: a historiography of Syria as a province of Rome
Narratives of Roman Syria: a historiography of Syria as a province of Rome Lidewijde de Jong Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics: July (2007)…
Pharaonic Egypt and the Ara Pacis in Augustan Rome
Pharaonic Egypt and the Ara Pacis in Augustan Rome Jennifer Trimble (Stanford University) Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics: September (2007) Abstract This paper…
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:…
Narratives of Roman Syria: a historiography of Syria as a province of Rome
Existing scholarly accounts of Roman Syria revolve around three themes: hellenization,
similarity to Rome, and a profound difference with the western provinces of the Roman empire. In the following sections I argue that the overemphasis on these three themes by scholars has obscured the process of Syria’s incorporation into the Roman empire and the profound impact of this process on local communities.
Communal Agriculture in the Ptolemaic and Roman Fayyum
My approach to land rights is social and economic rather than juristic. In other words, I am not interested in the interpretation of ancient legal terms according to Roman or civil law categories, which risks imposing rigid categories on social relations that have little explanatory power…In this paper, I use the economic concepts of communal and private land rights to illuminate these relations.