Abstract. Historians of premodern economies, in contrast to modern ones, have only infrequently contemplated the economic contribution of slavery. Here, I

Slavery is a major theme of historical studies, an awful but near ubiquitous institution, which contributed to our modern world but has been present across most of human history. Within substantial sc...

Abstract. Historians of premodern economies, in contrast to modern ones, have only infrequently contemplated the economic contribution of slavery. Here, I

The American Academy in Rome is seeking candidates for Chief Operating Officer and Director of the American Academy in Rome Classical Summer School.

The recent archaeological discovery also deepens our understanding of trade networks between India and the Roman Empire.

The human skull from the siege of La Loma (Santibáñez de la Peña, Palencia, Spain)

THE FALERII NOVI PROJECT: THE 2024 SEASON - Volume 93

Abstract. Historians of premodern economies, in contrast to modern ones, have only infrequently contemplated the economic contribution of slavery. Here, I

Making the Middle Republic - April 2023

In the current era of global approaches in archaeology and, more broadly, in the social and historical sciences, questions on the benefits, modes, and challenges of addressing multiple analytical scal...

Journal of Roman Archaeology

Money and Mid-Republican Rome

It was the violent profitability of slavery as an exploitative labor system that allowed for the region to prosper, the study demonstrates.

Abstract. Historians of premodern economies, in contrast to modern ones, have only infrequently contemplated the economic contribution of slavery. Here, I

It was the violent profitability of slavery as an exploitative labor system that allowed for the region to prosper, the study demonstrates.