Papers by Nicholas Purcell
AJP 124.3, 329-358., 2003
Changes in foodways were an object of literary reflection on the Roman past in the early empire. ... more Changes in foodways were an object of literary reflection on the Roman past in the early empire. They offered a rich set of ingredients with which to characterize social, economic, and cultural change. Varro is prominent in attesting and shaping this tradition, but it is an older, and more broadly based means of narrating Roman social history. Varro developed this material in his treatise, On the Life of the Roman People, which adapted the Life of Greece of Dicaearchus of Sicilian Messene, written at the beginning of the Hellenistic period. This article argues that Roman ideas of cultural and social history already took an interest in changing foodways at this time. The production, preparation, and consumption of food raised ethical and economic questions common to the milieu of Dicaearchus and to Rome in the age of the first conquest of Italy.
S. Alcock and R. Osborne, eds., Classical Archaeology, Oxford (Blackwell: Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology 10), 182-202., 2007
B. Bergmann and C. Kondoleon, edd., The art of ancient spectacle (= Studies in the history of art 56, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, Symposium Papers XXXIV), Washington D.C., 181-93., 1999
in David Braund and Christopher Gill, eds., Myth, History and Culture in Republican Rome: Studies in Honour of T.P. Wiseman, University of Exeter Press, Exeter, 12-40., 2003
in M.G. Lauro, ed., Castelporziano III: campagne di scavo e restauro 1987-1991, Rome, 11-32., 1998
The American Historical Review, 2006
S ea and ocean history is more novel than it sounds. It admirably exemplifies a new historiograph... more S ea and ocean history is more novel than it sounds. It admirably exemplifies a new historiography of large areas. In one sense, the inquiry revisits a traditional historical geography. At the same time, both its scope and its methods are so distinctive as to make ...
The Classical Review, 1990
This is a very important and highly stimulating contribution to the debate on the ancient economy... more This is a very important and highly stimulating contribution to the debate on the ancient economy. It is written in the form of a logical (and sometimes passionate) argument with which it is a pleasure to engage as one reads. The work divides into three strands, which ...
38 o f f p r i n t beyond vagnari. new themes in the Study of Roman South Italy -ISbn 978-88-7228... more 38 o f f p r i n t beyond vagnari. new themes in the Study of Roman South Italy -ISbn 978-88-7228-726-2 -© 2014 edipuglia s.r.l. -www.edipuglia.it
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