Gendering Roman Imperialism

Hannah Cornwell, DPhil. (2013), is Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Birmingham. She has published on the Roman concept of peace as an expression of imperialism, including Pax and the Politics of Peace: Republic to Principate (OUP, 2017), and also examines diplomatic culture in the Roman world. Greg Woolf, Ph.D. (1990), is Ronald J. Mellor Professor of Ancient History at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has published on various aspects of Roman cultural history and archaeology and is currently completing a book on civilizational change in Rome. Contributors are: Richard Alston, Lovisa Brännstedt, Lisa Pilar Eberle, Rebecca Flemming, Emily A. Hemelrijk, Sanna Joska, Alison Keith, Ida Östenberg, Louise Revell , Michael J. Taylor, Lewis Webb, Julia Wilker.

• 4 Gender Formation in the Formation of EmpireRichard Alston5 Conquest and Continence: Roman Sexual Politics at the Dawn of EmpireMichael J. Taylor6 The Limits of Cultural Change? Romanization and Gender in the Roman WestLouise Revell7 Sociae et amicae populi Romani: Women and the Institution of Client KingshipJulia Wilker8 Female Patronage and the Reuse of Imperial Iconography in the Antonine AgeSanna Joska9 Foreign Silk on Roman Bodies: Gender, Wealth and Empire in the MetropoleLisa Eberle10 Seruitium amoris: Slavery and Imperialism in Roman Erotic ElegyAlison KeithAfterword: More Gendering Roman ImperialismRebecca FlemmingIndex

"(...) a strong, well-sourced and innovative collection of essays that is bound to inspire other scholarly contribution and enrich our understanding of both gender and empire."Gaia Gianni in BMCR 2023.10.05