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The Roman Society at the Senate House History Day, 2019. The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies (The Roman Society) was founded in 1910 [1] as the sister society to the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. The Society is the leading organisation in the United Kingdom for those interested in the study of Rome and the Roman Empire.
Margerie Venables Taylor, CBE, FSA (20 January 1881 – 24 December 1963) was an archaeologist and editor of the Journal of Roman Studies, and held posts including Secretary for the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. She was particularly instrumental in recording excavations in Roman Britain. [2]
He gave the Rhind Lectures in 1905 and 1907, on Roman Britain. [citation needed] Haverfield is credited as playing a prominent role in creation of both the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies and the British School at Rome. [10] He was on the governing body of Abingdon School from 1907 to 1919 and was a supporter of the school. [11]
He was a fellow of St John's College, University of Oxford and President of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. His most important works include a study of Roman citizenship based on his doctoral thesis, a treatment of the New Testament from the point of view of Roman law and society, and a commentary on the letters of Pliny the ...
She has also contributed to BBC Radio 4's In Our Time series, on Cleopatra, Roman Britain, Virgil's Aeneid, Tacitus and the decadence of Rome, Pliny the Younger, The Augustan Age and Marcus Aurelieus. [2] She served as president of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies from June 2015 to June 2018. [5]
He was a member of the American Philosophical Society, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an honorary member of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute and a corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. Three universities awarded him honorary LL.D. degrees ...
His research was primarily in Roman History. [5] In 1940, he was elected Junior Proctor of Oxford University; serving from March 1940 to March 1941. [6] In 1956, he was a candidate for the Rectorship of Exeter College, but lost out to Kenneth Wheare. [1] He served as president of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies from 1968 to 1971. [1]
London: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. Britannia Monograph Series no. 22. Fulford, Michael; Clarke, Amanda (2011). Silchester City in Transition: the Mid-Roman Occupation of Insula IX c. A.D. 125-250/300: a Report on Excavations Undertaken Since 1997. London: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. Britannia Monograph Series no ...