Matthew J. Mandich is a PhD student in the School of Archaeology & Ancient history, University of Leicester. His PhD is entitled: Power and Place: Imperial Residences in Rome’s South-eastern suburbium (AD 14-394). Sergio Gonzalez Sanchez is a PhD student in the School of Archaeology & Ancient history, University of Leicester. His PhD is entitled: Roman-Barbarian Interaction: "Myths" and national traditions in archaeological interpretation in North-Western Europe. Eleonora Zampieri is a PhD student in the School of Archaeology & Ancient history, University of Leicester. Her PhD is entitled: Propagandist town planning between the Republic and the Principate: Caesar, Pompey and the attainment of consent. Thomas J. Derrick is a PhD student in the School of Archaeology & Ancient history, University of Leicester. His PhD is entitled: The socio-cultural implications of the consumption of unguentaria and their contents in Britannia.

• Preface v Debating Roman Imperialism: Critique, Construct, Repeat?Andrew Gardner 1 Distraught, Drained, Devoured, or Damned? The Importance of Individual Creativity in Roman CursingStuart McKie 15 Fear of the Dead? ‘Deviant’ Burials in Roman Northern ItalyAlessandro Quercia & Melania Cazzulo 28 ‘Landscapes of Life’ and ‘Landscapes of Death’:The Contribution of Funerary Evidence to the Understanding of the Perception and Organisation of Roman Rural Landscapes in Northern ItalyChiara Botturi 43 Lieux de Mémoire, Central Places, and the Sanctuary of Ribemont-sur-Ancre: A Preliminary Look David S. Rose 57 Agency, Structure, and Place: Finds in the Landscape in the Late Iron Age /Early Roman TransitionNicky Garland 76 A Context for Roman Priestly Regalia: Depositional Practices and Spatial Distribution of Assemblages from Roman BritainAlessandra Esposito 92 From Treasured Items to Trash? The Use of Brooches in Roman Cornwall in the Creation of Identity and Social MemorySiân Thomas 111 Public and Private Bathing in Late Antique North Africa. Changing Habits in a Changing Society?   Sadi Maréchal 125 Understanding the Status of the Cult of Mithras in the Tetrarchic Period: A Socio-Archaeological ApproachDavid Walsh 141 Adventus: Conceptualising Boundary Space in the Art and Text of Early Imperial to Late Antique RomeMaria Kneafsey 153 On Gender and Spatial Experience in Public: The Case of Ancient RomeAmy Russell 164 Imperial Statues and Public Spaces in Late Antiquity: Conceptualising ‘Constantine’ at York as an Ancient Public CommissionBrittany Thomas 177 Urban Scaling and the Growth of RomeMatthew J. Mandich 188

Matthew J. Mandich is a PhD student in the School of Archaeology & Ancient history, University of Leicester. His PhD is entitled: Power and Place: Imperial Residences in Rome’s South-eastern suburbium (AD 14-394). Sergio Gonzalez Sanchez is a PhD student in the School of Archaeology & Ancient history, University of Leicester. His PhD is entitled: Roman-Barbarian Interaction: "Myths" and national traditions in archaeological interpretation in North-Western Europe. Eleonora Zampieri is a PhD student in the School of Archaeology & Ancient history, University of Leicester. Her PhD is entitled: Propagandist town planning between the Republic and the Principate: Caesar, Pompey and the attainment of consent. Thomas J. Derrick is a PhD student in the School of Archaeology & Ancient history, University of Leicester. His PhD is entitled: The socio-cultural implications of the consumption of unguentaria and their contents in Britannia.

• Preface v Debating Roman Imperialism: Critique, Construct, Repeat?Andrew Gardner 1 Distraught, Drained, Devoured, or Damned? The Importance of Individual Creativity in Roman CursingStuart McKie 15 Fear of the Dead? ‘Deviant’ Burials in Roman Northern ItalyAlessandro Quercia & Melania Cazzulo 28 ‘Landscapes of Life’ and ‘Landscapes of Death’:The Contribution of Funerary Evidence to the Understanding of the Perception and Organisation of Roman Rural Landscapes in Northern ItalyChiara Botturi 43 Lieux de Mémoire, Central Places, and the Sanctuary of Ribemont-sur-Ancre: A Preliminary Look David S. Rose 57 Agency, Structure, and Place: Finds in the Landscape in the Late Iron Age /Early Roman TransitionNicky Garland 76 A Context for Roman Priestly Regalia: Depositional Practices and Spatial Distribution of Assemblages from Roman BritainAlessandra Esposito 92 From Treasured Items to Trash? The Use of Brooches in Roman Cornwall in the Creation of Identity and Social MemorySiân Thomas 111 Public and Private Bathing in Late Antique North Africa. Changing Habits in a Changing Society?   Sadi Maréchal 125 Understanding the Status of the Cult of Mithras in the Tetrarchic Period: A Socio-Archaeological ApproachDavid Walsh 141 Adventus: Conceptualising Boundary Space in the Art and Text of Early Imperial to Late Antique RomeMaria Kneafsey 153 On Gender and Spatial Experience in Public: The Case of Ancient RomeAmy Russell 164 Imperial Statues and Public Spaces in Late Antiquity: Conceptualising ‘Constantine’ at York as an Ancient Public CommissionBrittany Thomas 177 Urban Scaling and the Growth of RomeMatthew J. Mandich 188

Matthew J. Mandich is a PhD student in the School of Archaeology & Ancient history, University of Leicester. His PhD is entitled: Power and Place: Imperial Residences in Rome’s South-eastern suburbium (AD 14-394). Sergio Gonzalez Sanchez is a PhD student in the School of Archaeology & Ancient history, University of Leicester. His PhD is entitled: Roman-Barbarian Interaction: "Myths" and national traditions in archaeological interpretation in North-Western Europe. Eleonora Zampieri is a PhD student in the School of Archaeology & Ancient history, University of Leicester. Her PhD is entitled: Propagandist town planning between the Republic and the Principate: Caesar, Pompey and the attainment of consent. Thomas J. Derrick is a PhD student in the School of Archaeology & Ancient history, University of Leicester. His PhD is entitled: The socio-cultural implications of the consumption of unguentaria and their contents in Britannia.

• Preface v Debating Roman Imperialism: Critique, Construct, Repeat?Andrew Gardner 1 Distraught, Drained, Devoured, or Damned? The Importance of Individual Creativity in Roman CursingStuart McKie 15 Fear of the Dead? ‘Deviant’ Burials in Roman Northern ItalyAlessandro Quercia & Melania Cazzulo 28 ‘Landscapes of Life’ and ‘Landscapes of Death’:The Contribution of Funerary Evidence to the Understanding of the Perception and Organisation of Roman Rural Landscapes in Northern ItalyChiara Botturi 43 Lieux de Mémoire, Central Places, and the Sanctuary of Ribemont-sur-Ancre: A Preliminary Look David S. Rose 57 Agency, Structure, and Place: Finds in the Landscape in the Late Iron Age /Early Roman TransitionNicky Garland 76 A Context for Roman Priestly Regalia: Depositional Practices and Spatial Distribution of Assemblages from Roman BritainAlessandra Esposito 92 From Treasured Items to Trash? The Use of Brooches in Roman Cornwall in the Creation of Identity and Social MemorySiân Thomas 111 Public and Private Bathing in Late Antique North Africa. Changing Habits in a Changing Society?   Sadi Maréchal 125 Understanding the Status of the Cult of Mithras in the Tetrarchic Period: A Socio-Archaeological ApproachDavid Walsh 141 Adventus: Conceptualising Boundary Space in the Art and Text of Early Imperial to Late Antique RomeMaria Kneafsey 153 On Gender and Spatial Experience in Public: The Case of Ancient RomeAmy Russell 164 Imperial Statues and Public Spaces in Late Antiquity: Conceptualising ‘Constantine’ at York as an Ancient Public CommissionBrittany Thomas 177 Urban Scaling and the Growth of RomeMatthew J. Mandich 188