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ROMAN CARTHAGE: A REAPPRAISAL, 2024

The paper gives an introduction to the volume "Roman Carthage. A Reappraisal", in which thirteen ... more The paper gives an introduction to the volume "Roman Carthage. A Reappraisal", in which thirteen papers discussing different aspects of Roman and Vandal Carthage are published. The essay also contain an overview of Danish scholarship on Carthage from Frederich Münter (1761-1830) to present time.

L'epigrafia del Nord Africa: novità, riletture, nuove sintesi , 2020

This article will discuss the epitaphs with epithets from two burial grounds at Carthage excavate... more This article will discuss the epitaphs with epithets from two burial grounds at Carthage excavated by A.-L. Delattre in the last decades of the 19 th century. He found more than 900 Latin inscriptions that can be dated between the late first century and the early third century CE. Most of those buried were imperial slaves and freedmen together with their relatives. The epitaphs with epithets may reflect their sentiments connected with death, and the analysis of the most common epithets demonstrates remarkable differences between their use at Carthage and in funerary inscriptions found in Rome.

SFINX 47.2, 2024

Short article in Danish on Viterbo in 13th century CE.

Idee di lavoro e di ozio per la nostra civiltà, 2024

Dei quattro trattati latini che ci sono pervenuti, scritti da Catone il Vecchio, da Varrone, da C... more Dei quattro trattati latini che ci sono pervenuti, scritti da Catone il Vecchio, da Varrone, da Columella e da Palladio tra la metà del II secolo a.C. e il V secolo d.C., Il De re rustica di Columella, che risale al 60 d.C., offre l'introduzione più completa e sistematica all'agricoltura romana. Altri agronomi latini sono citati nelle fonti conservate, ma la maggior parte di essi è solo nominata e sono stati tramandati solo pochi frammenti pertinenti a quei nomi. Catone fu il primo scrittore latino che scrisse di agricoltura; sono noti manuali di agricoltura in greco e l'opera di Mago, un agronomo punico, fu tradotta prima in greco e poi anche in latino nel II secolo a.C. (Martin 1971; Diedrich 2007). I manuali agricoli latini che sono giunti sino a noi variano molto in lunghezza, estensione e stile. Quello di Catone è costituito da un solo volume (Sciarrino 2011, 141-56), mentre Varrone scrisse nel 37 a.C. tre libri nella forma di dialoghi tra proprietari terrieri esperti (Skydsgaard 1968; Nelsestuen 2015). Il primo libro tratta dell'agricoltura in generale, mentre il secondo è dedicato al pascolo e all'allevamento, e il terzo riguarda la produzione zootecnica specializzata, la pastio villatica. Il trattato di Columella è composto da dodici libri, mentre Pal-1 Il testo è qui pubblicato nella traduzione dall'inglese gentilmente approntata dal prof. Paolo

L'Africa antica dall'età repubblicana ai giulio-claudii, 2024

The article analyses three cases, in which there is a relation between the Domitii Ahenobarbi and... more The article analyses three cases, in which there is a relation between the Domitii Ahenobarbi and Roman North Africa. The first case concerns the Marian commander Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, who was killed by Pompeius at Utica in 82 BCE. Next follows L. Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 16 BCE), who was proconsul in Africa proconsularis in 12 BCE when he was honoured as patron by the pagus Gurzenses. At Utica he erected a trimodium to measure salt. Finally, the article discusses the first owner of the saltus Domitianus mentioned in the socalled 'great agrarian inscriptions' from the imperial estates in Africa proconsularis.

Historisk Tidsskrift , 2022

Obituary in Danish of a Danish ancient historian

Territorio, popolazione e risorse: strutture produttive nell'economia del mondo romano, a cura di G.D. Merola & A. Storchi Marino, 2020

The location and identification of imperial estates in Italy sometimes relies on tenuous evidence... more The location and identification of imperial estates in Italy sometimes relies on tenuous evidence or is otherwise controversial. Although both literary sources and archaeological excavations attest to the existence of many private and imperial estates in Campania, the attribution of preserved villas to certain persons is frequently impossible. Moreover, most relevant epigraphical materials are of uncertain provenance, rendering identification even more uncertain. Many inscriptions mentioning imperial estate managers -such as procuratores, dispensatores and vilici -have not been preserved in situ, and their findspots are unknown to us. Modern scholarship has long been aware of the need to use epigraphical material with caution, although this is sometimes forgotten in the quest to identify villa owners.

REFLECTIONS: HARBOUR CITY DEATHSCAPES IN ROMAN ITALY AND BEYOND , 2020

The point of departure of this paper is two burial grounds excavated by A.-L. Delattre near the a... more The point of departure of this paper is two burial grounds excavated by A.-L. Delattre near the amphitheatre at Carthage in the late 19th century. In total, Delattre found more than 900 funerary inscriptions mentioning almost 1,300 individuals. The two necropoleis can be dated from the end of first century to the early third century CE, after which there was no remaining space for further burials in the second burial ground. They are also known in French as the cimetières des officiales as most of those buried were members of the familia Caesaris at Carthage. The imperial burial grounds have largely been ignored by modern scholarship or studied in isolation from their social and archaeological contexts. This is regrettable, since this deathscape of a well-defined group of imperial slaves, freedmen and their families is an excellent point of departure for discussion of the demographic patterns and also the methodology of historical demography.

A Roman Villa by Lake Nemi. Chapter 23, 2020

L'epigrafia del Nord Africa: novità, riletture, nuove sintesi, 2020

This article will discuss the epitaphs with epithets from two burial grounds at Carthage excavate... more This article will discuss the epitaphs with epithets from two burial grounds at Carthage excavated by A.-L. Delattre in the last decades of the 19th century. He found more than 900 Latin inscriptions that can be dated between the late first century and the early third century CE. Most of those buried were imperial slaves and freedmen together with their relatives. The epitaphs with epithets may reflect their sentiments connected with death, and the analysis of the most common epithets demonstrates remarkable differences between their use at Carthage and in funerary inscriptions found in Rome.

Analecta Romana XIII, 1983

ROMAN CARTHAGE: A REAPPRAISAL, 2024

The paper gives an introduction to the volume "Roman Carthage. A Reappraisal", in which thirteen ... more The paper gives an introduction to the volume "Roman Carthage. A Reappraisal", in which thirteen papers discussing different aspects of Roman and Vandal Carthage are published. The essay also contain an overview of Danish scholarship on Carthage from Frederich Münter (1761-1830) to present time.

L'epigrafia del Nord Africa: novità, riletture, nuove sintesi , 2020

This article will discuss the epitaphs with epithets from two burial grounds at Carthage excavate... more This article will discuss the epitaphs with epithets from two burial grounds at Carthage excavated by A.-L. Delattre in the last decades of the 19 th century. He found more than 900 Latin inscriptions that can be dated between the late first century and the early third century CE. Most of those buried were imperial slaves and freedmen together with their relatives. The epitaphs with epithets may reflect their sentiments connected with death, and the analysis of the most common epithets demonstrates remarkable differences between their use at Carthage and in funerary inscriptions found in Rome.

SFINX 47.2, 2024

Short article in Danish on Viterbo in 13th century CE.

Idee di lavoro e di ozio per la nostra civiltà, 2024

Dei quattro trattati latini che ci sono pervenuti, scritti da Catone il Vecchio, da Varrone, da C... more Dei quattro trattati latini che ci sono pervenuti, scritti da Catone il Vecchio, da Varrone, da Columella e da Palladio tra la metà del II secolo a.C. e il V secolo d.C., Il De re rustica di Columella, che risale al 60 d.C., offre l'introduzione più completa e sistematica all'agricoltura romana. Altri agronomi latini sono citati nelle fonti conservate, ma la maggior parte di essi è solo nominata e sono stati tramandati solo pochi frammenti pertinenti a quei nomi. Catone fu il primo scrittore latino che scrisse di agricoltura; sono noti manuali di agricoltura in greco e l'opera di Mago, un agronomo punico, fu tradotta prima in greco e poi anche in latino nel II secolo a.C. (Martin 1971; Diedrich 2007). I manuali agricoli latini che sono giunti sino a noi variano molto in lunghezza, estensione e stile. Quello di Catone è costituito da un solo volume (Sciarrino 2011, 141-56), mentre Varrone scrisse nel 37 a.C. tre libri nella forma di dialoghi tra proprietari terrieri esperti (Skydsgaard 1968; Nelsestuen 2015). Il primo libro tratta dell'agricoltura in generale, mentre il secondo è dedicato al pascolo e all'allevamento, e il terzo riguarda la produzione zootecnica specializzata, la pastio villatica. Il trattato di Columella è composto da dodici libri, mentre Pal-1 Il testo è qui pubblicato nella traduzione dall'inglese gentilmente approntata dal prof. Paolo

L'Africa antica dall'età repubblicana ai giulio-claudii, 2024

The article analyses three cases, in which there is a relation between the Domitii Ahenobarbi and... more The article analyses three cases, in which there is a relation between the Domitii Ahenobarbi and Roman North Africa. The first case concerns the Marian commander Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, who was killed by Pompeius at Utica in 82 BCE. Next follows L. Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 16 BCE), who was proconsul in Africa proconsularis in 12 BCE when he was honoured as patron by the pagus Gurzenses. At Utica he erected a trimodium to measure salt. Finally, the article discusses the first owner of the saltus Domitianus mentioned in the socalled 'great agrarian inscriptions' from the imperial estates in Africa proconsularis.

Historisk Tidsskrift , 2022

Obituary in Danish of a Danish ancient historian

Territorio, popolazione e risorse: strutture produttive nell'economia del mondo romano, a cura di G.D. Merola & A. Storchi Marino, 2020

The location and identification of imperial estates in Italy sometimes relies on tenuous evidence... more The location and identification of imperial estates in Italy sometimes relies on tenuous evidence or is otherwise controversial. Although both literary sources and archaeological excavations attest to the existence of many private and imperial estates in Campania, the attribution of preserved villas to certain persons is frequently impossible. Moreover, most relevant epigraphical materials are of uncertain provenance, rendering identification even more uncertain. Many inscriptions mentioning imperial estate managers -such as procuratores, dispensatores and vilici -have not been preserved in situ, and their findspots are unknown to us. Modern scholarship has long been aware of the need to use epigraphical material with caution, although this is sometimes forgotten in the quest to identify villa owners.

REFLECTIONS: HARBOUR CITY DEATHSCAPES IN ROMAN ITALY AND BEYOND , 2020

The point of departure of this paper is two burial grounds excavated by A.-L. Delattre near the a... more The point of departure of this paper is two burial grounds excavated by A.-L. Delattre near the amphitheatre at Carthage in the late 19th century. In total, Delattre found more than 900 funerary inscriptions mentioning almost 1,300 individuals. The two necropoleis can be dated from the end of first century to the early third century CE, after which there was no remaining space for further burials in the second burial ground. They are also known in French as the cimetières des officiales as most of those buried were members of the familia Caesaris at Carthage. The imperial burial grounds have largely been ignored by modern scholarship or studied in isolation from their social and archaeological contexts. This is regrettable, since this deathscape of a well-defined group of imperial slaves, freedmen and their families is an excellent point of departure for discussion of the demographic patterns and also the methodology of historical demography.

A Roman Villa by Lake Nemi. Chapter 23, 2020

L'epigrafia del Nord Africa: novità, riletture, nuove sintesi, 2020

This article will discuss the epitaphs with epithets from two burial grounds at Carthage excavate... more This article will discuss the epitaphs with epithets from two burial grounds at Carthage excavated by A.-L. Delattre in the last decades of the 19th century. He found more than 900 Latin inscriptions that can be dated between the late first century and the early third century CE. Most of those buried were imperial slaves and freedmen together with their relatives. The epitaphs with epithets may reflect their sentiments connected with death, and the analysis of the most common epithets demonstrates remarkable differences between their use at Carthage and in funerary inscriptions found in Rome.

Analecta Romana XIII, 1983

The Historian 77, Mar 2015

Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010.06.20

Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2013.0.21

The preserved literary sources for ancient Roman history were predominantly written by male membe... more The preserved literary sources for ancient Roman history were predominantly written by male members of the Roman elite, and their intended audience was other male members of this aristocracy. This restricted gender and social perspective have serious consequences for modern scholarship, but it was also reflected in many studies in the 19th and 20th centuries of Roman politics. Prosopographical studies building on the fundamental and ground-breaking works by Matthias Gelzer, Friedrich Münzer and Ronald Syme tried to reconstruct parties and factions through elaborate and speculative studies of kinship, marriages, collegiality in office and friendship. 1 In more recent decades the criticism of the views of such a prosopographical approach has been harsh, and it had even been called 'the waste theory' of Roman politics. 2 On the other hand the importance of the kin or paternal clan (gens), the family (familia) and the importance of the ancestors as social and political symbols should not be underestimated in Roman public life. Despite the former prosopographical approach and the renewed interest in the Roman family life as a social formation only a few collective biographies of a single gens or familia during the late republic and early empire have been published in recent decades. They included analyses of the Acilii Glabriones, the Caecilii Metelli, the Calpurnii, the Domitii Ahenobarbi and Ulpii, but their approaches are very different and there is much more work to be done. 3 The Scipionic family was one the most distinguished families of the Roman aristocracy in the third and second centuries BCE with 16 consuls and five censorships in nine generations. Although traditional biographies of its two most famous members, Scipio Africanus and Scipio Aemilianus, exist a thorough study of the Cornelii Scipiones with a new methodological approach and new results is very welcome. 4 Les Scipions. Famille et pouvoir à Rome à l'époque républicaine, written by Henri Etcheto, has its origin in a doctoral thesis of University Michel de Montaigne -Bourdeaux 3, as is still evident in the composition and the apparatus. The important book is divided in three parts. After the introduction (pp. 11-22) with a brief overview of earlier research on the Roman aristocracy

The Classical Review 61, 2011

Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2019