Abstract

The study of Roman social stratification has often focused on social and legal status within society. Other dimensions of inequality have been largely sidelined, although interest in economic inequality has grown recently. Yet, methodologies to study wealth inequality that rely on house size still require significant improvement to better capture the complexity of Roman society. Furthermore, aspects such as health disparities in Roman cities have received little attention.

In his talk,  Samuli Simelius will present new approaches to studying both economic and health inequality. He will use Pompeii as a case study, but these methods can also be applied beyond this well-known Roman city to other archaeological and historical contexts.

Samuli Simelius is a grant-funded researcher specialising in Roman urbanism and domestic space. He is also a current SCAS-Nordic Fellow.

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