The economic and social penetration of Romans and Italians in the East

Sophia Zoumbaki

Research coordinator

Sophia ZoumbakiSection of Greek and Roman Antiquity Department Head, Research Director

This project focuses on the study of the movement of private Roman and Italian individuals to the East for economic purposes from the 3rd century BC onward. The study is divided into two strands: the study of individual persons and the study of local Roman and Italian collectives. Drawing on literary and epigraphic sources, as well as archaeological evidence, the project explores their initial encounters with Greek cities, their economic activities, and their gradual penetration into local societies.

S. Zoumbaki, “Communities of Romans and Italians abroad: Reflections on their elusive nature and organization”, C&M 73 (2024) 107-198.
S. Zoumbaki, “The participation of Romans in the life of the gymnasium in Greek poleis of the East and their integration into the culture and society of the host communities”, in Marcello Barbanera, Ada Caruso, Roberto Nicolai (eds.), DIASPORA. Migrazioni, incontri e trasformazioni nel Mediterraneo antico (Roma 2023) 223-252.
S. Zoumbaki, M. Karambinis, “The Roman and Italian economic diaspora as a factor of connectivity between Italy and the Eastern Mediterranean”, in T. Naco del Hoyo, Jordi Principal and Mike Dobson (eds.), Rome and the North-Western Mediterranean. Integration and Connectivity c. 150-70 BC (Oxford and Philadelphia 2022) 247-258.
S. Zoumbaki, “Μια mensa ponderaria από τη Δήλο στην Αίγινα κι ένα σωματείο Ρωμαίων εμπόρων”, in Ἔξοχος ἄλλων, Τιμητικός τόμος για την καθηγήτρια Εύα Σημαντώνη-Μπουρνιά (Athens 2021) 271-284.
S. Zoumbaki, “«Ποιος σαλπάρει από ένα ιταλικό λιμάνι για να μιλήσει για χοίρους;»: Διασχίζοντας την Αδριατική προς αναζήτηση ευκαιριών στη Θεσπρωτία”, in Ι. Chouliaras, G. Pliakou (eds.), Θεσπρωτία Ι (Ioannina 2019) 373-388.
S. Zoumbaki, “Romans in the poleis of the Greek Mainland and Adjacent Islands: The Evolution of their Relations in the Light of Honorific Texts”, in Anna Heller, Onno van Nijf (eds.), The Politics of Honour in the Greek Cities of the Roman Empire (Leiden-Boston 2017) 245-271.

S. Zoumbaki, “After Sulla’s watershed: The consolidation of Roman and Italian residents in the East as a new dynamic factor in the civic societies of Greek poleis”, paper read at L’identité de la classe dirigeante post-syllanienne: politique, religion, culture. VIIe rencontre internationale du programme La classe dirigeante de la mort de Sylla à la mort de Crassus : les mutations d’une ‘culture politique’, Strasbourg, 21-22/9/2023.
S. Zoumbaki, “Mobility, Migration, Diaspora: The Dynamics of the Presence of Roman and Italian ‘Businessmen’ in Greece”, paper read at the international conference Moving the Ancient Greek World, University of Copenhagen, 24-25 June 2022.

Research coordinator

Sophia ZoumbakiSection of Greek and Roman Antiquity Department Head, Research Director

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