Roman Inequality: Affluent Slaves, Businesswomen, Legal Fictions

ISBN-13: 9780197687345 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 208 str.

Cohen

Recenzje

It is important to point out that, while this review may well present supporters of Classics for All with a new and, frankly, astonishing aspect of the ancient world, the importance of this book for academics, which cannot be overestimated, lies in the expertise with which C. selects from, and the crystal clarity with which he analyses, the mountains of evidence that the jurists and inscriptions have left on the topic. It all adds up to a fascinating and extremely important contribution to our understanding of the nature of slavery in the Roman world.

O autorze

Edward E. Cohen is Professor of Classics and Ancient History (Adjunct) at the University of Pennsylvania. He specializes in the economic and legal history of ancient Greece and Rome, and is the author of many books and articles on this subject, including Athenian Prostitution: The Business of Sex (also Oxford University Press).