Ian Bonze

I am a PhD student in Ancient History at the University of St Andrews, supervised by Professor Carlos Machado. My project explores the role of credit in social relationships in the Western Roman Empire (4th and 5th centuries AD). My thesis aims to analyse credit as a social phenomenon that fosters bonds between individuals, and therefore demonstrate how the diversity of social relationships in late antique society engendered various forms of credit transactions, even among individuals sharing the same social position. I will show that economic phenomena cannot be dissociated from other social elements (e.g., politics, culture, institutions, social structures, and values): the former may be shaped by or influence the latter. 

I completed my BA at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2019. In 2022, I was awarded an MPhil in Comparative History from the same university. My dissertation entitled 'Christianity and finances in the 4^th and 5^th centuries AD: A Histoire Croisée of Credit in the Theodosian Code' was supervised by Dr. Deivid Gaia. From 2017 to 2020, I worked as a Teaching Assistant in Roman History at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, acted as part of the editorial board of graduate journals, and gained valuable experience in organising academic events.

• Late Antique studies
• Economic and Social History of the Later Roman Empire
• Roman law
• Credit and credit markets

AN1003: Ancient Empires

AN1004: Cities and Communities