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Book SynopsisIn People and Institutions in the Roman Empire colleagues honor Garrett Fagan for his contributions to our understanding and appreciation of Roman history and culture. In addition to reviewing and contextualizing Fagan’s works and legacy, contributing authors pursue in their chapters topics and methodologies that interested Fagan - the experiences of individuals within Roman state and social institutions from the end of the Republic through the Empire and into Late Antiquity. Part One contextualizes Fagan’s scholarship, demonstrating the diversity of his interests and his impact. Part Two considers the intersection between people and core state institutions: army, law, and religion. Part Three examines Roman social and cultural institutions such as the baths, arena, historiography, and provincial elite society.
Trade Review"I found Eck’s detective work intriguing, Edmondson’s metaphors convincing, and Wilson’s potted history of the monogram delightful. Nevertheless, it is the more personal sections of this volume that are the most successful, both artistically and intellectually. The memories shared by Fagan’s friends and colleagues, and his own contribution, are full of affection and humour. Meanwhile, in the three reflective chapters, Gatzke, Lendon, and Rogers make strong cases for the importance of a number of themes arising from Fagan’s work that glint through in the other contributions." - Amy Russell, Brown University, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2021.07.03 ''C’est à bon droit qu’est souligné le caractère pionnier de ses recherches et la diversité des sujets abordés montre l’étendue de sa curiosité et des pistes qu’il a ouvertes pour de futures recherches.'' - Catherine Wolff, in: Latomus 80.4 (Dec. 2021)
Table of ContentsPreface In Memoriam—Garry Fagan List of Figures Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Part 1 Introduction 1 Peopling the Institutions of the Roman World Andrea F. Gatzke 2 Of Meter Rules, Romans, and Jesuits Garrett G. Fagan 3 The Scholarship of Garrett Fagan J.E. Lendon Part 2 People, Institutions, and History 4 Caesar and the Bellum Gallicum David S. Potter 5 Commanders’ Responses to Mutinies in the Roman Army Lee L. Brice 6 Der Einschluss der Kinder in kaiserliche Bürgerrechtskonstitutionen nach der „Reform“ des Antoninus Pius im Jahr 140: Einblicke in die römische Administration Werner Eck 7 The Trial of Jesus Revisited Werner Riess 8 Quintus Arrius, the Roman Triumph, and Christianity Rene Pfeilschifter Part 3 People in Roman Society 9 Taking the Plunge: A Twenty-First Century Look at Roman Bathing Culture Dylan K. Rogers 10 The Linguistic Lure of the Arena in Apuleius’ Golden Ass Jonathan Edmundson 11 Philippianus: A Late Roman Sicilian Landowner andHis Use of the Monogram R.J.A. Wilson Cumulative Bibliography of Works by Garrett G. Fagan Index
