Greek East

(Fragment of a Late Roman slave sale contract (p.mich.inv.4907), University of Michigan) By James R. Burns, with thanks to Erin Thomas Dailey, Sheida Heydarishovir, Sofia...

By James R. Burns This blog post contains some brief thoughts on how late antique literary sources show female slave owners exploiting the bodies of...

I have been reading Peter Sarris’ brilliant and highly accessible book on Justinian and was struck by the significance of a passing observation he makes...

My work focuses on the social and religious history of the later Roman empire – in particular its eastern half – and I have a...