Provincial governance under the Roman republic has long been notorious for its corrupt
officials and greedy tax-farmers, though this is far from being the whole story. This book …

Rome in the archaic age was a minor satellite between the Etruscan and Greek world. This
book traces the expansion of Roman influence first within Italy, then around the …

Building Mid-Republican Rome offers a holistic treatment of the development of the Mid-
Republican city from 396 to 168 BCE. As Romans established imperial control over Italy and …

Alors que la fiscalité devient de plus en plus un objet d'enquête en histoire ancienne, il s'
avère que sa technicité constitue un frein aux débats. À l'aide d'une recherche menée dans …

The narrative of Roman history has been largely shaped by the surviving literary sources,
augmented in places by material culture. The numerous surviving coins can, however …

This paper outlines a new framework for the historical study of Rome and Italy during the
middle republican period. We argue that traditional approaches centred upon social …

Writing to the residents of Teos in 193 BCE, the praetor M. Valerius Messalla boasted that
the Romans “have wholly and constantly attached the highest importance to piety towards …

Often viewed as self-sufficient, Roman farmers actually depended on markets to supply them
with a wide range of goods and services, from metal tools to medical expertise. However, the …

Fiscal explanations often given for Rome's first coins fail to account for the shape of
monetary development. Nothing in the mid-republican budget matches the small scale and …

Before Roman legions crossed the Strait of Messina, Carthage had been the preeminent
power in the western Mediterranean. During the First and Second Punic Wars, the city …