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.
The Face of Victory? A Misidentified Head in Rome and the ‘Problem’ of Charioteer Portraits
Since its publication some twenty years ago, John Humphrey’s monograph has assumed a central place inthe study of circus iconography. While not a work of art history proper, Humphrey’s study relies heavily upon visual evidence in reconstructing the contexts in which chariot racing took place.
Building materials and techniques in the Eastern Mediterranean from the Hellenistic period to the fourth century AD
This thesis deals primarily with the materials and techniques found in the Eastern Empire up to the 4th century AD, putting them into their proper historical and developmental context. The first chapter examines the development of architecture in general from the very earliest times until the beginning of the Roman Empire, with particular attention to the architecture in Roman Italy.
When and by whom was the Basilica Apostolorum built?
The church of San Sebastiano, located at the ancient site called ‘ad Catacumbas’ on the old Via Appia a mile or so outside the modern city, conceals behind its seventeenth century façade the remains of the fourth century basilica of Peter and Paul, the so-called Basilica Apostolorum.
Lead Poisoning in Ancient Rome
Lead was known to the ancients from at least the 4th millennium BC, but its use increased markedly during Roman times, to the extent that it became a health hazard. Mines and foundry furnaces caused air pollution; lead was extensively used in plumbing; domestic utensils were made of lead and pewter, and lead salts were used in cosmetics, medicines and paints.
After the daggers : politics and persuasion after the assassination of Caesar
In my thesis, I contribute to improving our new way of understanding late Roman republican politics by taking a broader approach that incorporates other types of political interactions in which oratory played a significant role.
Sexual virtue on display I: the cults of pudicitia and honours for women
This book begins with a chapter about pudicitia as publicly celebrated and rewarded in Roman society. A striking aspect of pudicitia was its association with public and visual display by married women to rhe community, both through their appearance and demeanour and through their cultivation of pudicitia as a goddess.
Gender and public image in imperial Rome
Ancient Roman society was heavily visual; the physical act of seeing and the physical state of being watched informed how a Roman citizen navigated, consumed, and contributed to Roman culture.
Roman Senators and Absent Emperors in Late Antiquity
This article argues, however, that the senators of Rome continued to see themselves as important participants in imperial high politics throughout the period
Roman healing spas in Italy : a study in design and function
A spa is defined as a bathing establishment which used thermal-mineral spring water for therapeutic purposes. Although the topics of bathing and medicine in the Roman world have received considerable attention, thermal-mineral spas have remained inadequately studied.