Imperialism, Law, Religion, and Society in the Ancient World: Essays in Honor of William V. Harris

Frontmatter......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
Abbreviations......Page 7
Illustrations......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
William V. Harris: The first forty years of scholarship (1965-2005)......Page 13
A God of Reciprocity: Torah and Social Relations in an Ancient Mediterranean Society......Page 25
Distinguishing Jewishness in Antiquity......Page 59
Jesus, an Adulteress, and the Development of Christian Scripture......Page 81
Constantius II and the First Removal of the Altar of Victory......Page 107
‘Du lard ou du cochon’? The Τestamentum Ρorcelli as a Jewish Anti-Christian Pamphlet......Page 129
Aristocratic Competition, Horses, and the Spolia Opima Once Again......Page 165
An Architecture of Human Heads: Gallic Responses to Roman Power......Page 181
Soldiers’ Slaves, ‘Dirty Work’, and the Social Status of Roman Soldiers......Page 223
Veterans, Agriculture, and Monetization in the Late Roman Republic......Page 247
Country Villas in Roman Central Italy: Reassessing the Evidence......Page 259
The Delicts of the Countryside in Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe......Page 281
Local Governments and Collegia: A New Appraisal of the Evidence......Page 303
Imagining Olympia: Hippias of Elis and the First Olympic Victor List......Page 335
A Sense of Change and the Historiography of the Turn from Republic to Empire......Page 373
Afterword......Page 393
Contributors......Page 395