Conclusion
Abstract
Risk and uncertainty were structural to the Roman world, as was the case for other preindustrial empires. But their impact was not distributed equally. Social, economic, political, legal, military, and other inequalities pervaded Roman society and generated conditions of precarity. Precarity was experienced as a new relation to the Roman object world; as an impetus for experimentation but a brake on innovation; as a state of constant anticipation; as a troubled relation to place; and as a negotiation of horizontal and vertical relations of care.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Classical Antiquity Studies
Historical and Literary Studies
Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Pages
- 255–264
- Publication date
- 6 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter