IPAMAA's Joey Frankl successfully defended his dissertation "The Polis Economy in the Early and High Roman Empire: Three Case Studies from Southern Greece" on Thursday, May 22nd.
Joey describes his research as follows: "My dissertation investigates how the economies of Greek city-states in southern Greece operated under Roman rule between 25 BCE and 225 CE. Using archaeological survey data, ceramics, and inscriptions, I examine the connections between urban and non-urban sectors and how these were shaped by local conditions, including territorial extent, resource availability, and political institutions. I argue that these polis economies remained primarily local or regionally focused, in part due to the structural constraints of polis institutions. This helps explain why southern Greece did not develop the surplus production of staple goods seen in other parts of the Roman Empire."
Our warmest congratulations, Dr. Frankl!
