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This edited volume examines the legal and economic world of the Romans through concepts, structures, and objects that reveal practices of standardization and localism. It explores the myriad ways in which the Roman Empire became an integrated political, social and economic system.
Split across two volumes, the collection addresses the dynamic interaction between Rome and its provinces in developing institutions crucial to societal and economic development. It challenges notions of uniformity, demonstrating how tensions between imperial standardization and local cultures could both drive innovative legal and economic practices and hinder empire-wide integration. The chapters explore broad questions from various disciplinary perspectives, including ancient economic history, law, papyrology, epigraphy and archaeology. Contributions cover diverse topics such as weights, measures, and coinage, legal practices, taxation, and cultural symbols. Each chapter investigates how, even as local communities adopted practices associated with Rome as a ruling power, local customs could, in turn, influence practices across the Empire.
By illuminating these reciprocal relationships, this book recontextualizes Roman standardization not merely as a tool of imperial domination but as evidence of diverse socioeconomic practices and cross-cultural exchanges. It will be a valuable resource for scholars of ancient economic history, classical archaeology, and ancient law, as well as anyone interested in the economy and culture of Ancient Rome.
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INTRODUCTION .- CHAPTER 1: Standardization and Localism in Roman Law and the Economy Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz and Koenraad Verboven.- PART 1: Law, Lawmakers and Legal Symbols.- CHAPTER 2: Was Legal Pluralism the Standard of the Roman Empire? Remarks on a Theoretically Misplaced Discussion Kaius Tuori.- CHAPTER 3: Standardization and Localism in Latin and Bilingual Petitions to the Prefect of Egypt* Lucia C. Colella.- CHAPTER 4: Probus Agoranomus: Greek Influence on the Aedileship and Marketplace Standardization at Rome in the Third Century BCE Kevin Woram.- PART 2: Material culture: Objects, Metrology, Numeracy and Technology.- CHAPTER 5: Standardization and Standardizations Andrew M. Riggsby.- CHAPTER 6: Standardization: Overcoming Trade Barriers while Preserving Local Traditions in IG II2 1013 Mariagrazia Rizzi, Clara Bosi, Elena Ferrari.- CHAPTER 7: Standards and Quality Control in Roman Pottery Production Scott Gallimore.- CHAPTER 8: Moving Past Typological Constraints: On the Morphology and Transportability of Amphorae Mateo González Vázquez.
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Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz is a Ramón y Cajal tenure track lecturer at the International university of Catalonia (Barcelona). Previously, she has hold postdoctoral positions at the Universities of the Basque Country (Spain), Ghent, Helsinki and the Käte Hamburger kolleg Münster. She has a PhD in Roman law and a second PhD in roman archaeology. She has published extensively on Roman law and its maritime and commercial focus.
Koenraad Verboven is professor of Ancient History at the University of Ghent. He specializes in ancient social and economic history, and has a particular interest in monetary history and numismatics, friendship and patronage based networks, professional associations(collegia), and the application of economic theories in historical research.
