John Weisweiler
Biographic Data
| ID | 3874577 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Weisweiler |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Weisweiler |
| SIGNATURE | WEISWEILER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Eingegangene Bücher
Debt in the Ancient Mediterranean and near East: Credit, Money, and Social Obligation
The Currency–Slavery–Warfare Complex: David Graeber and the History of Value in Antiquity
This chapter introduces the major themes of the collection Debt in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East. It surveys the arguments of David Graeber’s 2011 monograph Debt: The First 5,000 Years and situates them in the wider context of the author’s oeuvre. It examines the implications of his anthropological theory of value and makes a case that it has the potential to widen the field of vision of ancient historians. Unlike the currently dominant…
Monetization, Marketization, and State Formation: The Later Roman Empire as an Axial-Age Economy
This chapter looks at the later Roman state (the Mediterranean world and western Europe in the period from the later third to the early fifth centuries CE) through the prism of David Graeber’s theory. In this period, tax rates increased, and the size of the imperial administration expanded substantially. It has often been thought that this strengthening of state power reduced the scope for market exchange. Yet recent archaeological evidence has d…
Capital in the Roman Empire: The Scope for Pikettian Dynamics in an Ancient Agrarian Economy
Capital Accumulation, Supply Networks and the Composition of the Roman Senate, 14-235 ce
In the first two centuries ce, the Roman senate transformed from an assembly of Italian landowners into a multi-regional group. The admission of thousands of provincials into Rome's governing elite is often taken as evidence for the successful integration of subject populations. This article challenges such views of the senate as an inclusive institution. It shows that the overwhelming majority of non-Italian senators came from merely four (out o…
Alex Imrie. The Antonine Constitution: An Edict for the Caracallan Empire
For most of Roman history, only a minority of the inhabitants of the empire were Roman citizens. The overwhelming majority of the imperial population lived under local legal regimes and did not enjoy the protections of Roman courts. But in the year 212, this situation radically changed. The emperor Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Pius, later known under the derogatory nickname Caracalla (after the hooded tunic he liked to wear), issued an edict…
The Heredity of Senatorial Status in the Principate
Since Mommsen, it has been a tenet of Roman history that Augustus transformed the ‘senatorial order’ into a hereditary class, which encompassed senators, their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in the male line. This paper shows that the idea of a hereditary ordo senatorius is a myth without foundation in the evidence. Augustus and his successors conferred new rights and duties upon relatives of senators, but did not change their fo…
The Final Pagan Generation by Edward J. Watts
198 PHOENIX collegia in this period. Coming primarily from high-ranking senatorial families, these civic patronesses were likely expected to use their informal power to help their client communities. Due to the gaps in social status and geographical distribution between patronae and matres, Hemelrijk argues that the two titles were not synonymous, suggesting instead that the emergence of matres points to the increasing domestication of public lif…
Cosmopolitanism and Empire: Universal Rulers, Local Elites, and Cultural Integration in the Ancient near East and Mediterranean
Domesticating the Senatorial Elite: Universal Monarchy and Transregional Aristocracy in the Fourth Century ad
In the first three centuries ad, the governing elite of the Roman empire was a small group of officeholders, living in one city. There were around six hundred senators, and all of them were legally required to establish their residence in Rome. But since the 320s, membership in the senate expanded massively. In the course of the fourth century, senatorial rank was conferred on ever-larger groups of officeholders. Around the year 400, total member…
Unreliable Witness: Failings of the Narrative in Ammianus Marcellinus
Ammianus Marcellinus' Res gestae is the most important surviving history of the Later Roman empire. This chapter discusses a different approach to understanding the 'failings of the narrative'. It discusses an analysis of the account of how Ammianus observed from a mountain in Corduene the invading Persian army. The narrator's authority is put under heavy pressure because the text is constructed in such a way that most readers find it difficult t…
From equality to asymmetry: Honorific statues, imperial power, and senatorial identity in late-antique Rome
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From equality to asymmetry: Honorific statues, imperial power, and senatorial identity in late-antique Rome
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From equality to asymmetry: Honorific statues, imperial power, and senatorial identity in late-antique Rome
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Unreliable Witness: Failings of the Narrative in Ammianus Marcellinus
Ammianus Marcellinus' Res gestae is the most important surviving history of the Later Roman empire. This chapter discusses a different approach to understanding the 'failings of the narrative'. It discusses an analysis of the account of how Ammianus observed from a mountain in Corduene the invading Persian army. The narrator's authority is put under heavy pressure because the text is constructed in such a way that most readers find it difficult t…
Domesticating the Senatorial Elite: Universal Monarchy and Transregional Aristocracy in the Fourth Century ad
In the first three centuries ad, the governing elite of the Roman empire was a small group of officeholders, living in one city. There were around six hundred senators, and all of them were legally required to establish their residence in Rome. But since the 320s, membership in the senate expanded massively. In the course of the fourth century, senatorial rank was conferred on ever-larger groups of officeholders. Around the year 400, total member…
Cosmopolitanism and Empire: Universal Rulers, Local Elites, and Cultural Integration in the Ancient near East and Mediterranean
The Final Pagan Generation by Edward J. Watts
198 PHOENIX collegia in this period. Coming primarily from high-ranking senatorial families, these civic patronesses were likely expected to use their informal power to help their client communities. Due to the gaps in social status and geographical distribution between patronae and matres, Hemelrijk argues that the two titles were not synonymous, suggesting instead that the emergence of matres points to the increasing domestication of public lif…
Alex Imrie. The Antonine Constitution: An Edict for the Caracallan Empire
For most of Roman history, only a minority of the inhabitants of the empire were Roman citizens. The overwhelming majority of the imperial population lived under local legal regimes and did not enjoy the protections of Roman courts. But in the year 212, this situation radically changed. The emperor Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Pius, later known under the derogatory nickname Caracalla (after the hooded tunic he liked to wear), issued an edict…
The Heredity of Senatorial Status in the Principate
Since Mommsen, it has been a tenet of Roman history that Augustus transformed the ‘senatorial order’ into a hereditary class, which encompassed senators, their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in the male line. This paper shows that the idea of a hereditary ordo senatorius is a myth without foundation in the evidence. Augustus and his successors conferred new rights and duties upon relatives of senators, but did not change their fo…
Capital Accumulation, Supply Networks and the Composition of the Roman Senate, 14-235 ce
In the first two centuries ce, the Roman senate transformed from an assembly of Italian landowners into a multi-regional group. The admission of thousands of provincials into Rome's governing elite is often taken as evidence for the successful integration of subject populations. This article challenges such views of the senate as an inclusive institution. It shows that the overwhelming majority of non-Italian senators came from merely four (out o…
Debt in the Ancient Mediterranean and near East: Credit, Money, and Social Obligation
The Currency–Slavery–Warfare Complex: David Graeber and the History of Value in Antiquity
This chapter introduces the major themes of the collection Debt in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East. It surveys the arguments of David Graeber’s 2011 monograph Debt: The First 5,000 Years and situates them in the wider context of the author’s oeuvre. It examines the implications of his anthropological theory of value and makes a case that it has the potential to widen the field of vision of ancient historians. Unlike the currently dominant…
Monetization, Marketization, and State Formation: The Later Roman Empire as an Axial-Age Economy
This chapter looks at the later Roman state (the Mediterranean world and western Europe in the period from the later third to the early fifth centuries CE) through the prism of David Graeber’s theory. In this period, tax rates increased, and the size of the imperial administration expanded substantially. It has often been thought that this strengthening of state power reduced the scope for market exchange. Yet recent archaeological evidence has d…
Capital in the Roman Empire: The Scope for Pikettian Dynamics in an Ancient Agrarian Economy
Eingegangene Bücher
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