Personal profile
Research overview
I am a PhD candidate at the University of St Andrews, supervised by Professor Myles Lavan (St Andrews School of Classics) and Professor Paul du Plessis (University of Edinburgh Law School). I hold an MA (Hons) in Ancient History from the University of St Andrews (2023) and an MSt in Roman History from Regent's Park College, University of Oxford (2024), where I read Roman Law.
My doctoral research examines how the concept of peculium, a legal device that allowed persons without a legal personality to hold property, shaped Roman practices of slavery. My goal is to understand how the existence of a legal framework regulating slave property affected the strategies used by enslavers to exploit enslaved people, the dynamics of social inequality among enslaved people, and the frequency and form of manumission.
Research interests
- Roman Law
- Slavery (Ancient and Modern)
- Manumission
- Roman Social History
- Comparative Historical Analysis
Teaching activity
- AN1003 - Ancient Empires
- AN2004 - Ancient Societies: Gender, Ethnicity, and Inequality in the Ancient World
- CL1005 - Images of Augustan Rome
Education/Academic qualification
Master of Studies, MSt Roman History, University of Oxford
Award Date: 15 Jul 2024
Master of Arts, MA (Hons) Ancient History, University of St Andrews
Award Date: 16 Jun 2023
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