In People and Institutions in the Roman Empire colleagues honor Garrett Fagan for hiscontributions to our understanding and appreciation of Roman history and culture. Inaddition to reviewing and contextualizing Fagan’s works and legacy, contributing authorspursue in their chapters topics and methodologies that interested Fagan - the experiences ofindividuals within Roman state and social institutions from the end of the Republic throughthe Empire and into Late Antiquity.
Part One contextualizes Fagan’s scholarship, demonstrating the diversity of his interests andhis impact. Part Two considers the intersection between people and core state institutions:army, law, and religion. Part Three examines Roman social and cultural institutions such asthe baths, arena, historiography, and provincial elite society.