Richard Saller
Kleinheinz Family Professor of European Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of History
Classics
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Classics
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Professor (By courtesy), History
Administrative Appointments
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Interim President, Stanford University (2023 - 2024)
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Faculty Director, Distinguished Careers Institute (2022 - 2023)
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Chair, Classics Department (2021 - 2023)
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Dean, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University (2007 - 2018)
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Provost, University of Chicago (2002 - 2006)
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Dean, Social Sciences Division, University of Chicago (1994 - 2001)
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Chair, Department of History, University of Chicago (1993 - 1994)
Honors & Awards
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Bronze Tablet, University of Illinois
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Henry Arthur Thomas Travel Grant, University of Cambridge
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Jesus College Book Award, University of Cambridge
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Jesus College Research Fellowship, University of Cambridge
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Phi Beta Kappa, University of Illinois
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Fellow Commoner, Trinity College, Cambridge University (Michaelmas 1991)
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Whitney J. Oates Fellow, Princeton University (February 1993)
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Syme Lecture, Wolfson College, Oxford (2021)
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Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2005)
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Visiting Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa Society (2001-2002)
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Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Chicago (1992)
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Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University (1986-1987)
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Travel Grant, American Philosophical Society (1985)
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Study Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies (1982-1983)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Book and Article Manuscripts Evaluator, Phoenix
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Book and Article Manuscripts Evaluator, Classical Philology
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Book and Article Manuscripts Evaluator, American Journal of Philology
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Book and Article Manuscripts Evaluator, Princeton University Press
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Book and Article Manuscripts Evaluator, Classical Views
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Book and Article Manuscripts Evaluator, Helios
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Book and Article Manuscripts Evaluator, Yale University Press
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Center Scholar, National Center for History in the Schools, University of California, Los Angeles
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Juror, Fellowship Competition of American Academy in Rome
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Member of the Committee on Ancient History, American Philological Association
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Panelist, National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Grants
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Member of Committee, Hong Kong University Grants Committee (2015 - 2021)
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Member of Board, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (2006 - 2009)
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Chair, Reaccreditation review of Columbia University (2006 - 2006)
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Member of Board, University of Chicago Hospitals (2002 - 2006)
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Member of Review Committee, Department of Classics at Stanford University (2001 - 2001)
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Member of Review Committee, Department of Classics at Yale University (1999 - 1999)
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Member of Board, North Kenwood/Oakland Charter School (1998 - 2006)
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Member of Review Committee, Department of History at University of California, Los Angeles (1998 - 1998)
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Member of Review Committee, Department of Classics at University of Toronto (1997 - 1997)
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Member of Review Committee, Department of Classics at University of Michigan (1996 - 1996)
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Member of Review Committee, Department of Classics at University of Pennsylvania (1995 - 1995)
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Member of Board, National Opinion Research Center (1994 - 2006)
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Associate Editor, Classical Philology (1993 - Present)
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Chair, Committee on The Ancient Mediterranean World, University of Chicago (1992 - 1993)
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Editor, Classical Philology (1990 - 1993)
Program Affiliations
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Center for Human Rights and International Justice
Professional Education
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Ph.D., University of Cambridge (1978)
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B.A., University of Illinois, Greek (1974)
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B.A., University of Illinois, History (1974)
2024-25 Courses
- Majors Seminar: The Augustan Age - Politics & Culture
CLASSICS 150 (Win) - Methods and approaches for ancient historians
CLASSICS 219 (Aut) - Slavery, human trafficking, and the moral order: ancient and modern
CLASSICS 118, CLASSICS 218 (Spr) - The Roman Empire: Its Grandeur and Fall
CLASSICS 26N, HISTORY 11N (Aut) -
Independent Studies (4)
- Directed Reading in Classics (Graduate Students)
CLASSICS 298 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Directed Readings (Undergraduate)
CLASSICS 198 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Dissertation Proposal Preparation
CLASSICS 297 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Undergraduate Thesis: Senior Research
CLASSICS 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading in Classics (Graduate Students)
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Prior Year Courses
2022-23 Courses
- Developing a Classics Dissertation Prospectus
CLASSICS 304 (Win) - The Romans
CLASSICS 84, HISTORY 102A (Spr)
2021-22 Courses
- Developing a Classics Dissertation Prospectus
CLASSICS 304 (Win) - Faith, Science and the Classical Tradition in Renaissance Florence
OSPGEN 14 (Sum) - Majors Seminar: Revolution? The Fall of the Roman Republic
CLASSICS 150 (Spr) - Methods and approaches for ancient historians
CLASSICS 219 (Aut) - The Roman Empire: Its Grandeur and Fall
CLASSICS 26N, HISTORY 11N (Aut)
- Developing a Classics Dissertation Prospectus
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Serena Crosson, Micheal Duchesne, James Macksoud -
Doctoral (Program)
Micheal Duchesne, Paula Gaither, Beth Minney, Samuel Powell, Allyn Waller
All Publications
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Roman Law and Economics (Book Review)
JOURNAL OF ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY
2022
View details for DOI 10.1017/S1047759422000411
View details for Web of Science ID 000897734500001
- Pliny's Roman Economy: Natural History, Innovation, and Growth Princeton. 2022
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Lead pollution and the Roman economy
JOURNAL OF ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY
2020; 33: 354–64
View details for DOI 10.1017/S1047759420001051
View details for Web of Science ID 000577139100016
- Human capital in the Roman imperial economy The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Economy edited by Scheidel, W. Cambridge University Press. 2012: 71–86
- The Roman family as productive unit A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds edited by Rawson, B. Wiley-Blackwell. 2011: 116–128
- Introduction Commemorating the Dead: Texts and Artifacts in Context edited by Brink, L., Green, D. Walter de Gruyter. 2008: 1–10
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Women's religious activity in the Roman Republic. (Book Review)
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
2007; 112 (1): 256-257
View details for Web of Science ID 000244272600114
- Gender and labour in the household Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World edited by Scheidel, W., Morris, I., Saller, R. P. Cambridge University Press. 2007
- Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World edited by Scheidel, W., Morris, I., Saller, R. P. Cambridge University Press. 2007
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Women, slaves, and the economy of the Roman household
Conference on Early Christian Families in Context
WILLIAM B EERDMANS PUBL CO. 2003: 185–204
View details for Web of Science ID 000223318900009
- Economies beyond Agriculture in the Classical World (Review) Journal of Roman Archaeology 2001: 580-584
- The Family in Late Antiquity: the Rise of Christianity and the Endurance of Tradition (Review) Journal of Roman Archaeology 2001: 664-666
- The family and society Epigraphic Evidence: Ancient History from Inscriptions edited by Bodel, J. Routledge. 2001: 75–117
- Framing the debate over growth in the ancient economy The ancient economy edited by Scheidel, W., von Reden, S. Routledge. 2001: 251–269
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Banking and business in the Roman world. (Book Review)
BUSINESS HISTORY REVIEW
2000; 74 (3): 483-485
View details for Web of Science ID 000175306400007
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Family and familia in Roman law and life. (Book Review)
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
2000; 105 (1): 260-261
View details for Web of Science ID 000085751700121
- Family and household Cambridge Ancient History XI edited by Bowman, A. K., Garnsey, P., Rathbone, D. Cambridge University Press. 2000; 2: 855–874
- Status and patronage Cambridge Ancient History XI edited by Bowman, A. K., Garnsey, P., Rathbone, D. Cambridge University Press. 2000; 2: 817–854
- Domitian and his successors: methodological traps in assessing emperors American Journal of Ancient History 2000; 15: 4-18
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Measuring sex, age and death in the Roman empire: Journal of Roman archaeology. (Book Review)
POPULATION STUDIES-A JOURNAL OF DEMOGRAPHY
1999; 53 (2): 271-271
View details for Web of Science ID 000081475100022
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Pater-familias, mater-familias, and the gendered semantics of the Roman household
CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY
1999; 94 (2): 182-197
View details for Web of Science ID 000082315800004
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Ancestor masks and aristocratic power in Roman culture (Book Review)
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY
1998; 102 (2): 448-449
View details for Web of Science ID 000072899500038
- Poverty, honor, and obligation in imperial Rome Criterion 1998: 12-20
- The Roman World 44 BC-AD 180 (Review) Times Literary Supplement 1998: 25
- American Classical Historiography Imagined Histories: American Historians Interpret the Past edited by Mohlo, A., Wood, G. S. Princeton University Press. 1998: 222–237
- Symbols of Gender and Status Hierarchies in the Roman Household Women and Slaves in Greco Roman Culture Routledge. 1998: 85–91
- Patriarchy, Property, and Death in the Roman Family Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1997
- Roman kinship: structure and sentiment The Roman Family in Italy: Status, Sentiment, Space edited by Rawson, B., Weaver, P. Oxford University Press. 1997: 7–34
- The hierarchical household in Roman society: a study of domestic slavery Serfdom and Slavery: Studies in Legal Bondage edited by Bush, M. Longman Publishing Group. 1996: 112–129
- Slavery and Society at Rome (Review) Slavery & Abolition 1995; 16: 273-275
- H Rvmaikh Autokratoria Herakleio. 1995
- L'Empire romain: économie, société, culture Paris: La Découverte. 1994
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FOUCAULT ON SEXUALITY IN GRECO-ROMAN ANTIQUITY
Conference on Foucault and the Writing of History Today
BLACKWELL PUBL. 1994: 35–59
View details for Web of Science ID A1994BB43P00003
- Patriarchy, Property, and Death in the Roman Family Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1994
- The social dynamics of consent to marriage and sexual relations: the evidence of Roman comedy Consent and Coercion to Sex and Marriage in Ancient and Medieval Societies edited by Laiou, A. E. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. 1993: 83–104
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ANCIENT YOUTH - THE AMBIGUITY OF YOUTH AND THE ABSENCE OF ADOLESCENCE IN GRECO-ROMAN SOCIETY - KLEIJWEGT,M (Book Review)
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
1992; 97 (2): 527-528
View details for Web of Science ID A1992HP91400038
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DISCOVERING THE ROMAN FAMILY - STUDIES IN ROMAN SOCIAL-HISTORY - BRADLEY,KR (Book Review)
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
1992; 97 (2): 527-528
View details for Web of Science ID A1992HP91400037
- The Roman Republic The Encyclopaedia Britannica William Benton and Helen Hemingway Benton. 1992
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THE FALL OF THE ROMAN-REPUBLIC AND RELATED ESSAYS - BRUNT,PA (Book Review)
CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY
1992; 87 (1): 80-85
View details for Web of Science ID A1992JA87900012
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ROMAN CORINTH, AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL FOR THE CLASSICAL CITY - ENGELS,D (Book Review)
CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY
1991; 86 (4): 351-357
View details for Web of Science ID A1991HL09000011
- The Family in Italy from Antiquity to the Present edited by Saller, R. P., Kertzer, D. I. Yale University Press. 1991
- Adults and Children in The Roman Empire (Review) Journal of Roman Archaeology 1991; 4: 240-242
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THE EXCELLENT EMPIRE - THE FALL OF ROME AND THE TRIUMPH OF THE CHURCH - PELIKAN,J (Book Review)
JOURNAL OF RELIGION
1991; 71 (1): 94-95
View details for Web of Science ID A1991EN16100010
- European family history and Roman law Continuity and Change 1991; 6: 335-346
- Corporal Punishment, Authority and Obedience in the Roman Household Marriage, Divorce and Children in Ancient Rome edited by Rawson, B. Oxford University Press. 1991: 144–165
- El Imperio Romano: Economía, sociedad y cultura Barcelona: Editoríal Critica. 1991
- Progress in early Roman historiography? Journal of Roman Studies 1991; 81: 157-163
- Roman heirship strategies: in principle and in practice The Family in Italy from Antiquity to the Present edited by Saller, R. P., Kertzer, D. I. Yale University Press. 1991: 26–47
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A HISTORY OF PRIVATE LIFE, VOL 1, FROM PAGAN ROME TO BYZANTIUM - VEYNE,P (Book Review)
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
1989; 94 (3): 705-707
View details for Web of Science ID A1989AD75000016
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THE AUGUSTAN ARISTOCRACY - SYME,R (Book Review)
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
1989; 94 (2): 416-416
View details for Web of Science ID A1989U200400025
- Storia sociale dell'Impero romano Rome: Laterza. 1989
- I rapporti di parentela e l'organizzazione familiare Storia di Roma edited by Gabba, E., Schiavone, A. Einaudi. 1989: 515–555
- Das römischen Kaiserreich: Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft, Kultur Hamburg: Rowohlts Enzyklopädie. 1989
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THE FAMILY IN ANCIENT-ROME, NEW PERSPECTIVES - RAWSON,B (Book Review)
CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY
1988; 83 (3): 263-269
View details for Web of Science ID A1988P208800016
- Class structures and relations: Rome Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece and Rome edited by Grant, M., Kitzinger, R. Scribner Book Company. 1988: 549–574
- Women in Roman Society and Law (Review) Classical Philology 1988; 83
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MENS AGE AT MARRIAGE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES IN THE ROMAN FAMILY
CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY
1987; 82 (1): 21-34
View details for Web of Science ID A1987F550200002
View details for PubMedID 16435454
- The Roman Empire: Economy, Society and Culture London, Duckworth; Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 1987
- Intellectual Life in the Late Roman Republic (Review) Ancient Philosophy 1987; 7: 251-253
- Slavery and the Roman family Slavery and Abolition 1987; 8: 71-93
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FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS IN ROMAN SOCIETY, WOMEN AND THE ELITE FAMILY - HALLETT,JP (Book Review)
CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY
1986; 81 (4): 354-358
View details for Web of Science ID A1986E300200013
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LITERATURE AND POLITICS IN THE AGE OF NERO - SULLIVAN,JP (Book Review)
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
1986; 91 (4): 893-894
View details for Web of Science ID A1986E521100020
- Patria potestas and the stereotype of the Roman family Continuity and Change 1986; 1: 5-20
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THE MAKING OF THE ROMAN ARMY FROM REPUBLIC TO EMPIRE - KEPPIE,L (Book Review)
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY
1985; 89 (3): 541-542
View details for Web of Science ID A1985AMW0600031
- L'armee et la guerre chez les peuples amnites (Review) American Journal of Archaeology 1985; 89: 542
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TOMBSTONES AND ROMAN FAMILY-RELATIONS IN THE PRINCIPATE - CIVILIANS, SOLDIERS AND SLAVES
JOURNAL OF ROMAN STUDIES
1984; 74: 124-156
View details for Web of Science ID A1984TW53300011
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COMMERCE AND SOCIAL STANDING IN ANCIENT-ROME - DARMS,JH (Book Review)
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
1984; 89 (3): 740-741
View details for Web of Science ID A1984TA34500016
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ROMAN DOWRY AND THE DEVOLUTION OF PROPERTY IN THE PRINCIPATE + ECONOMY OF ANCIENT-ROME
CLASSICAL QUARTERLY
1984; 34 (1): 195-205
View details for Web of Science ID A1984SQ41600019
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CLOSE-KIN MARRIAGE IN ROMAN SOCIETY
MAN
1984; 19 (3): 432-444
View details for Web of Science ID A1984TK21200006
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FAMILIA, DOMUS, AND THE ROMAN CONCEPTION OF THE FAMILY
PHOENIX-THE JOURNAL OF THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
1984; 38 (4): 336-355
View details for Web of Science ID A1984AHC4400004
- Martial on literature and patronage Classical Quarterly 1983; 33: 246-257
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THE MEANING OF FAENUS IN JUVENAL 9TH 'SATIRE'
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CAMBRIDGE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY
1983: 72-76
View details for Web of Science ID A1983RT32800007
- The use of pronouncement stories in Suetonius' "Lives of the Twelve Caesars" Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers Scholars Press. 1982
- The Early Principate: Augustus to Trajan (New Surveys in the Classics) Classical Association. 1982
- Personal Patronage under the Early Empire Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1982
- Economy and Society in Ancient Greece: papers of Sir Moses Finley edited by Saller, R. P., Shaw, B. D. London, Chatto & Windus; New York, Viking. 1981
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PROMOTION AND PATRONAGE IN EQUESTRIAN CAREERS
JOURNAL OF ROMAN STUDIES
1980; 70: 44-63
View details for Web of Science ID A1980KV86500005
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ANECDOTES AS HISTORICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE PRINCIPATE
GREECE & ROME
1980; 27 (1): 69-83
View details for Web of Science ID A1980JX67600007
- The Roman Republic (Review) Cambridge Review 1979; 16: 25-26
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HOSPITALITY IN EARLY ROME - LIVY CONCEPT OF ITS HUMANIZING FORCE - BOLCHAZY,LJ (Book Review)
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGY
1979; 100 (3): 465-468
View details for Web of Science ID A1979HN30100026