University of Edinburgh

Freedom & Citizenship in the Roman Empire: the Freed Populations of Ostia & Portus between Epigraphy, Archaeology & Law

Academic History:

2014 PhD in Classics

2010 - 2012 M.A in Archaeology & Culture of the Ancient World

2008 - 2010 M.A. in Classics (Ancient History)

2005 - 2008 B.A. in History

Supervisors:

Dr Ulrike Roth, University of Edinburgh

Dr Benjamin Russell, University of Edinburgh

Research Interests:

• Latin epigraphy
• Roman social history
• Roman slavery
• Freedman in the Roman Empire
• Roman law

Previous Research Projects:

“Emptor et Mercator”: craftsmanship & trade scenes from Ostia (University of Bologna); Vesuviana and DHER - Domus Herculanensis Rationes (University of Bologna),

Scholarships:

AHRC DTP Studentship

Publications:

‘Il commercio e l’artiginato nelle raffigurazioni e nelle testimonianze epigrafiche ostiensi’, in Santoro, S. (ed), Emptor et Mercator: spazi e rapresentazioni del commercio romano, Roma – Bari (forthcoming).

Contact Details:

Work Tel No: 07780 397432

Email: pierluigi.morbidoni@ed.ac.uk

First published: 14 November 2016