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Legal and Economic Practice in the Roman World, Volume I: Perspectives on Standardization and Localism

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Legal and Economic Practice in the Roman World, Volume I: Perspectives on Standardization and Localism

Author: Emilia Mataix Ferrandiz; Koenraad Verboven
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9783031907982
Published In: June 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Switzerland ? Disclaimer:
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This edited volume examines the legal and economic world of the Romans through concepts, structures, and objects that reveal practices of standardization and localism. It explores the myriad ways in which the Roman Empire became an integrated political, social and economic system.

Split across two volumes, the collection addresses the dynamic interaction between Rome and its provinces in developing institutions crucial to societal and economic development. It challenges notions of uniformity, demonstrating how tensions between imperial standardization and local cultures could both drive innovative legal and economic practices and hinder empire-wide integration. The chapters explore broad questions from various disciplinary perspectives, including ancient economic history, law, papyrology, epigraphy and archaeology. Contributions cover diverse topics such as weights, measures, and coinage, legal practices, taxation, and cultural symbols. Each chapter investigates how, even as local communities adopted practices associated with Rome as a ruling power, local customs could, in turn, influence practices across the Empire.

By illuminating these reciprocal relationships, this book recontextualizes Roman standardization-not merely as a tool of imperial domination but as evidence of diverse socioeconomic practices and cross-cultural exchanges. It will be a valuable resource for scholars of ancient economic history, classical archaeology, and ancient law, as well as anyone interested in the economy and culture of Ancient Rome.

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1: Standardization and Localism in Roman Law and the Economy

Emilia Mataix Ferrandiz and Koenraad Verboven

PART 1: Law, Lawmakers and Legal Symbols

CHAPTER 2: Was Legal Pluralism the Standard of the Roman Empire? Remarks on a Theoretically Misplaced Discussion

Kaius Tuori

CHAPTER 3: Standardization and Localism in Latin and Bilingual Petitions to the Prefect of Egypt*

Lucia C. Colella

CHAPTER 4: Probus Agoranomus: Greek Influence on the Aedileship and Marketplace Standardization at Rome in the Third Century BCE

Kevin Woram

PART 2: Material culture: Objects, Metrology, Numeracy and Technology

CHAPTER 5: Standardization and Standardizations