Annalisa Marzano

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Professor
Research Division Lead
Areas of interest
Professor Manzano's research interests rest in the sphere of Roman social and economic history. Recent and current areas of investigation are:
- Roman economy: Professor Manzano works on different aspects of the Roman economy including ancient agriculture and horticulture, continuity and disruption in the exploitation of economic resources, settlement patterns, and trade. For more information visit the Classics Research Area: Roman Economy page.
- Roman villas: her research has explored the ideology of the villa and its production as depicted in the texts of Latin authors; the varied nature of capital investments; and how the social function of villas changed throughout the centuries.
- Marine resources, large-scale fishing, and aquaculture: Professor Marzano is an expert on Roman marine aquaculture and large-scale fishing and her research has brought attention to the importance the exploitation of marine resources had in the ancient economy.
Postgraduate supervision
Professor Marzano is happy to discuss proposals in any area connected to the Roman economy and society (both in the Republic and Empire).
Current PhD students:- Jessica Feito, "Detecting Regional Variation in the Roman Diet"
As second supervisor:
- Maria Lloyd, "The Severi and their political messages".
Completed:
- Orazio Camaioni, "Varro's Antiquitates Rerum Humanarum"
- Mick Stringer, "The impact of definitions and recording systems on economic decision-making in the Roman world"
- Roberta Ferritto, "The Roman maritime villas of southern Lazio: Construction, Design and Connection to the Sea"
- Mauro Serena, "The many images of the Achaemenids at Rome (205 CBE-224 CE)"
- Lee Grana Nicolaou, "The fishing industry in Roman Britain".
Research centres and groups
- Communities and Networks research cluster, University of Reading
- Centre for Institutions and Economic History, University of Reading
- International Research Network 'Structural Determinants of Economic Performance in the Roman World'
- Ancient Religions, University of Reading
- Material Culture, University of Reading.
Research projects
Field experience:
Since 2018 Professor Marzano has been co-directing the "Casa della Regina Carolina Project" at Pompeii. The project is surveying the elite dwelling located at VIII 3.14 (only partly excavated in the 19th century) and excavating the garden area.
Past archaeological projects include:
- The Apolline Project, Naples/Italy 2009-13
- Dakhleh Oasis Project, Amheida/Egypt 2008
- Post Aedem Castoris Project, Rome/Italy 2005
- Euesperides Project, Benghazi /Libya 2005
- Restoring Ancient Stabiae, Castellamare di Stabia/Italy 2001, 2002
- Chianciano Terme, Siena/Italy 1995–2000
- Poggibonsi, Siena/Italy; 1993
- Chianti Field Survey, Chianti/Italy 1992
- Massa Marittima, Grosseto/Italy 1989–1991
- Archaeological Laboratory, Florence/Italy 1988–1990.
Background
Before her appointment at Reading, Professor Marzano taught at Columbia University and the University of Oxford. At Oxford she was Research Assistant at the Institute of Archaeology (2004–2008), Research Staff for the Oxford Roman Economy Project (2005–2008), and W. Golding Research Fellow at Brasenose College (2005–2008).
Academic qualifications
Laurea cum laude (Florence); MPhil; PhD with distinction (Columbia); SFHEA, FRHistS, FSA, MAE.Websites/blogs
A complete list of publications and conference papers can be found on her Academia.edu page.
Publications
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Marzano, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6485-9143 (2022) The personal infrastructure of maritime trade. In: Candy, P. and Mataix Ferrándiz, E. , (eds.) Roman Law and Maritime Commerce. Edinburgh University Press pp. 57-75.
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Marzano, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6485-9143 (2021) Plants, Politics and Power in Ancient Rome. Cambridge University Press (In Press)
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Marzano, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6485-9143 (2021) Fishing. In: Whitmarsh, T. , (eds.) The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford University Press | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013
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Marzano, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6485-9143 (2021) Maritime villas and seasonality. In: Lichtenberger, A. and Raja, R. , (eds.) The Archaeology of Seasonality. Studies in Classical Archaeology Brepols (11). , Turnhout. pp. 263-278. ISBN: 9782503593951
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Marzano, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6485-9143 (2021) Un mare da coltivare: lo sfruttamento delle risorse nel Mediterraneo romano. Fecit te , 14. Scienze e Lettere , Rome. pp 424. ISBN: 9788866872085
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Marzano, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6485-9143 , eds. (2021) Capital accumulation and production: a view from the Roman world. In: Kelly, M. and Pachá, P. , (eds.) Capitalism's Past , 1 pp. 65-88. ISSN: 2576-0483 ISBN: 2576-0483
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Marzano, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6485-9143 (2021) Figures in an imperial landscape. Ecological and societal factors on settlement patterns and agriculture in Roman Italy. In: Erdkamp, P. , Manning, J. , Verboven, K. , (eds.) Climate Change and Ancient Societies in Europe and the Near East. Diversity in Collapse and Resilience. Palgrave Studies on Ancient Economies Palgrave McMillan (1). pp. 505-531. ISBN: 9783030811037 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81103-7_17
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Barrett, C.
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Gleason, K.
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Marzano, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6485-9143 (2020) The Casa della Regina Carolina (CRC) project, Pompeii: preliminary report on 2018 and 2019 field seasons. FastiOnlineDocuments & Research ISSN: 1828-3179
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Marzano, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6485-9143 (2020) Fishing and the development of human societies: a view from the classical world. Argos: Revista do Museu Marítimo de Ílhavo (8). pp. 6-12.
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Marzano, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6485-9143 (2020) Caesar’s triumphal banquet of 46 BC: a hypothesis on its political significance on the basis of a recent epigraphic discovery from Pompeii. Politica Antica , 10 pp. 99-107. ISSN: 2281-1400 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4475/940
- Marzano, A. (2020) Agriculture in imperial Italy. In: Hollander, D. and Howe, T. , (eds.) A Companion to Ancient Agriculture. Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World John Wiley & Sons pp. 431-446. ISBN: 9781118970928
- Marzano, A. , eds. (2020) Proceedings of the 19th international congress of classical archaeology Cologne/Bonn, 22 – 26 May 2018. Archaeology and economy in the ancient world. Panel 3.15: villas, peasant agriculture, and the Roman rural economy. Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Classical Archaeology , 3.1. Propylaeum , Heidelberg. pp 116.
- Marzano, A. (2020) A story of land and water: control, capital, and investment in large-scale fishing and fish-salting operations. In: Erdkamp, P. , Verboven, K. , Zuiderhoek, A. , (eds.) Capital, Investment, and Innovation in the Roman World. Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy Oxford University Press pp. 275-305. ISBN: 9780198841845 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198841845.001.0001
- Marzano, A. (2019) Food, popinae, and the emperor: some considerations on the early-imperial policies on the sale of food. In: Cecconi, G. , Lizzi Testa, R. , Marcone, A. , (eds.) The Past as Present: Essays on Roman History in Honour of Guido Clemente. Studi e Testi tardoantichi Brepols (17). pp. 435-458. ISBN: 9782503585246
- Marzano, A. (2018) Fish and seafood. In: Erdkamp, P. and Holleran, C. , (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Diet and Nutrition in the Roman World. Routledge , London and New York. pp. 163-173. ISBN: 9780815364344
- Marzano, A. and Metraux, G. (2018) The Roman villa in the Mediterranean: an overview. In: Marzano, A. and Metraux, G. , (eds.) The Roman Villa in the Mediterranean Basin: Late Republic to Late Antiquity. Cambridge University Press , New York and Cambridge. pp. 1-41. ISBN: 9781107164314
- Marzano, A. (2018) Maritime villas and the resources of the sea. In: Marzano, A. and Metraux, G. , (eds.) The Roman Villa in the Mediterranean Basin: Late Republic to Late Antiquity. Cambridge University Press , New York and Cambridge. pp. 125-140. ISBN: 9781107164314
- Marzano, A. (2018) Fish and fishing in the Roman world. Journal of Maritime Archaeology , 13 (3). pp. 437-447. ISSN: 1557-2285 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11457-018-9195-1
- Marzano, A. and Metraux, G. , eds. (2018) The Roman villa in the Mediterranean Basin: late republic to late antiquity. Cambridge University Press , Cambridge, UK. ISBN: 9781107164314
- Marzano, A. (2018) Cicero, Paradoxa Stoicorum ad M. Brutum 38: an allusion to a new slave specialization?. Latomus: Revue d'études latines , 77 (1). pp. 161-176. ISSN: 0023-8856 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.2143/LAT.77.1.3284727
- Marzano, A. (2018) Large-scale fishing and the Roman production and trade in salted fish: some organizational aspects. In: Woytek, B. , (eds.) Infrastructure and Distribution in Ancient Economies. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press , Vienna. pp. 393-407. ISBN: 9783700181088 (Proceedings of a conference held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 28-31 October 2014, Vienna)
- Marzano, A. (2017) Classical archaeology and the ancient economy. In: Lichtenberg, A. and Raja, R. , (eds.) The Diversity of Classical Archaeology. Studies in Classical Archaeology , 1. Brepols , Turnhout. pp. 101-113. ISBN: 9782503574936
- Marzano, A. (2015) Sergio Orata e il Lago Lucrino: alcune considerazioni sull’allevamento di ostriche nella Campania romana. Oebalus. Studi sulla Campania nell’Antichità , 10 pp. 131-150. ISSN: 1970-6421
- Marzano, A. (2015) Villas as instigators and indicators of economic growth. In: Erdkamp, P. and Verboven, K. , (eds.) Structure and performance in the Roman economy : models, methods and case studies. Collection Latomus Latomus (350). , Bruxelles. pp. 197-221. ISBN: 9789042932807
- Marzano, A. (2015) The variety of Villa production: from agriculture to aquaculture. In: Erdkamp, P. , Verboven, K. , Zuiderhoek, A. , (eds.) Ownership and Exploitation of Land and Natural Resources in the Roman World. Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 187-206. ISBN: 9780198728924
- Marzano, A. (2015) Reshaping the past, shaping the present: Andrea de Jorio and Naples' classical heritage. In: Hughes, J. and Buongiovanni, C. , (eds.) Remembering Parthenope: The Reception of Classical Naples from Antiquity to the Present. Classical Presences Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 266-283. ISBN: 9780199673933
- Marzano, A. (2014) Roman gardens, military conquests, and elite self-representation. In: Coleman, K. , (eds.) Le jardin dans l'antiquité. Entretiens sur l'antiquité classique Fondation Hardt (LX). , Geneva. pp. 195-244. ISBN: 9782600007603
- Marzano, A. (2014) Roman countryside. In: Clayman, D. , (eds.) Oxford Bibliographies Online. Oxford University Press , New York. | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/OBO/9780195389661-0178
- Marzano, A. (2014) Villas and farms in the Mediterranean world. In: Smith, C. , (eds.) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer , New York. pp. 7639-7646. ISBN: 9781441904263 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2
- Marzano, A. (2013) Le villae rusticae romane e la loro dimensione economica : uno sguardo alla penisola italiana. In: Rizakis, A. and Touratsoglou, I. , (eds.) Villae rusticae : family and market-oriented farms in Greece under Roman rule : Proceedings of an international congress held at Patrai, 23-24 April 2010. Meletemata De Boccard ; National Hellenic Research Foundation (68). , Paris ; Athens. pp. 6-20. ISBN: 9789609538190
- Marzano, A. (2013) Harvesting the sea: the exploitation of marine resources in the Roman Mediterranean. Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp 384. ISBN: 9780199675623
- Marzano, A. (2013) Agricultural production in the hinterland of Rome: wine and olive oil. In: Bowman, A. and Wilson, A. , (eds.) The Roman agricultural economy: organisation, investment and production. Oxford studies on the Roman economy Oxford University Press (3). , Oxford. pp. 85-106. ISBN: 9780199665723
- Marzano, A. (2013) Capital investment and agriculture: multi-press facilities from Gaul, Iberian Peninsula and the Black Sea region. In: Bowman, A. and Wilson, A. , (eds.) The Roman agricultural economy: organisation, investment and production. Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy Oxford University Press (3). , Oxford. pp. 107-142. ISBN: 9780199665723
- Marzano, A. (2012) Villa. In: Bagnall, R. , Brodersen, K. , Champion, C. , Erskine, A. , Huebner, S. , (eds.) The Encyclopaedia of Ancient History. Wiley-Blackwell , Oxford. pp. 6997-7000. ISBN: 9781405179355 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386
- Marzano, A. (2012) Latifundia/large estates. In: Bagnall, R. , Brodersen, K. , Champion, C. , Erskine, A. , Huebner, S. , (eds.) The Encyclopaedia of Ancient History. Wiley-Blackwell , Oxford. pp. 3917-3918. ISBN: 9781405179355 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386
- Marzano, A. (2012) Land and landholding, Rome. In: Bagnall, R. , Brodersen, K. , Champion, C. , Erskine, A. , Huebner, S. , (eds.) The Encyclopaedia of Ancient History. Wiley-Blackwell , Oxford. pp. 3886-3888. ISBN: 9781405179355 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386
- Marzano, A. (2012) Ergasterion/Ergastulum. In: Bagnall, R. , Brodersen, K. , Champion, C. , Erskine, A. , Huebner, S. , (eds.) The Encyclopaedia of Ancient History. Wiley-Blackwell , Oxford. pp. 2488-2489. ISBN: 9781405179355 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386
- Marzano, A. (2011) Snails, wine and winter navigation. In: Harris, W. and Iara, K. , (eds.) Maritime technology in the ancient economy: ship design and navigation. Supplementary Series Journal of Roman Archaeology (S84). , Portsmouth, Rhode Island. pp. 179-188. ISBN: 9781887829847
- Marzano, A. (2011) Rank-size analysis and the Roman cities of the Iberian Peninsula and Britain: some considerations. In: Bowman, A. and Wilson, A. , (eds.) Settlement, Urbanization, and Population. Oxford Studies in the Roman Economy Oxford University Press (2). , Oxford. pp. 196-228. ISBN: 9780199602353
- Marzano, A. (2010) L'antichità attraverso l'Italia. In: Wallace, M. and Kemp, M. , (eds.) La Cultura Italiana: L'arte e il visuale. La cultura italiana ( editor Luigi Luca Cavalli Sforza ) , 10.1. UTET , Turin. pp. 50-75. ISBN: 9788802081335
- Marzano, A. (2010) Le ville marittime tra amoenitas e fructus. Amoenitas. Rivista di Studi Miscellanei sulla Villa Romana , 1 pp. 21-33.
- Marzano, A. (2009) Hercules and the triumphal feast for the Roman people. In: Antela-Bernárdez, B. and Ñaco del Hoyo, T. , (eds.) Transforming historical landscapes in the Ancient Empires . British Archeological Reports, International Series Oxford: John and Erica Hedges Ltd. (1986). , Oxford. pp. 83-97. ISBN: 9781407304601
- Marzano, A. and Brizzi, G. (2009) Costly display or economic investment? A quantitative approach to the study of Roman marine aquaculture. Journal of Roman Archaeology , 22 pp. 215-230. ISSN: 1047-7594
- Marzano, A. (2009) Agros coemendo et colendo in gloriam: villas and farms in the Republic. In: Keaveney, A. and Earnshaw-Brown, L. , (eds.) The Italians on the land: Changing perspectives on Republican Italy then and now. Cambridge Scholars , Newcastle. pp. 31-46. ISBN: 9781443811293
- Marzano, A. (2009) Trajanic building projects on base-metal denominations and audience targeting. Papers of the British School at Rome , 77 pp. 125-158. ISSN: 0068-2462
- Marzano, A. (2008) Non solo vino campano. La pastio villatica e una rivalutazione della navigazione nell’antichità. Oebalus. Studi sulla Campania nell’Antichità (3). pp. 251-266. ISSN: 1970-6421
- Marzano, A. (2007) Fish salting versus fish breeding: the case of Roman Italy. In: Lagóstena Barrios, L. , Arévalo González, A. , Bernal Casasola, D. , (eds.) Cetariae 2005. Salsas y salazones de pescado en occidente durante la Antigüedad. Actas del Congreso Internacional (Cadiz, 7-9 de noviembre de 2005). British Archaeological Reports, International Series John and Erica Hedges Ltd (1686). , Oxford. pp. 301-313. ISBN: 9781407300733
- Marzano, A. (2007) Roman villas in central Italy: a social and economic history . Columbia studies in the classical tradition , 30. Brill , Leiden. pp 832. ISBN: 9789004160378
- Marzano, A. (2006) Villas, Ergastula, and modern scholarship: the contribution of archaeology to social history or vice-versa?. In: Brauer, A. , Mattusch, C. , Donohue, A. , (eds.) Common ground: archaeology, art, acience and humanities: the proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Classical Archaeology. Oxbow Books , Oxford. pp. 323-325. ISBN: 9781842171837
- Marzano, A. (2006) Preserving cultural heritage and developing a modern city: the difficult case of Euesperides. Libyan Studies (37). pp. 89-94. ISSN: 0263-7189
- Marzano, A. (2006) Mezzomiglio: the wall in so-called Terza Maniera opus poligonale. In: Soren, H. , (eds.) An Ancient Roman spa at Mezzomiglio: Chianciano Terme, Toscana. British Archaeological Reports, International Series , 1. John and Erica Hedges Ltd (1548). , Oxford. pp. 61-64. ISBN: 9781841717616
- Soren, H. , Bizzarri, C. , Marzano, A. , Olivas, J. (2006) Excavations at Mezzomiglio locality, Chianciano Terme, Italy. In: Soren, H. , (eds.) An Ancient Roman spa at Mezzomiglio: Chianciano Terme, Toscana. British Archaeological Reports, International Series John and Erica Hedges Ltd (1548). , Oxford. pp. 23-57. ISBN: 9781841717616
- Marzano, A. (2006) History of the archaeological investigations in the territory of Chianciano Terme. In: Soren, H. , (eds.) An Ancient Roman spa at Mezzomiglio: Chianciano Terme, Toscana. British Archaeological Reports, International Series , 1. John and Erica Hedges Ltd (1548). , Oxford. pp. 11-13. ISBN: 9781841717616
- Marzano, A. (2005) Country villas in Roman central Italy: reassessing the evidence. In: Aubert, J. and Várhelyi, Z. , (eds.) A tall order. Writing the social history of the ancient world. Essays in honor of William V. Harris. Beiträge zur Altertumskunde K G Saur Verlag Gmbh & Co (216). , Munchen. pp. 241-262. ISBN: 9783598778285
- Marzano, A. (2000) Archeologia subacquea. In: Belmonte, G. , (eds.) Blu di Puglia: Ambienti e itinerari sommersi intorno al Salento. Conte Editore , Lecce. pp. 161-165. ISBN: 9788887143362
- Soren, H. , Bizzari, C. , Marzano, A. , Romer, F. (1998) "La sorgente d'Orazio" a Chianciano Terme: guida archeologica. La Soprintendenza Archeologica per la Toscana and the University of Arizona , Chianciano Terme .