Jeffrey A. Easton, Ph.D. (2019), University of Toronto, is Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at Southwestern University. His research and publications focus on Latin epigraphy and social, economic, and political institutions in the Roman empire.

"This is a very stimulating, well researched book which is based on a clear premise: municipal freedmen and their descendants were less successful than their private counterparts because they lacked patronal backing. [...] All in all, the treatment of the evidence is excellent, and the book reads very well: the argumentation is very clear." Pedro López Barja in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2024.08.16

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsIntroduction: Trimalchio’s Shadow: Former Slaves and Social Mobility in the Roman World1 Social Mobility in the Roman Empire2 The Case-Study of Roman Municipal Freedmen and Freedwomen and Their Families1 Leaving a Mark: Municipal Freedmen and Roman Epigraphy1 Cataloguing the Evidence2 Former Municipal Slaves and Their Families3 Final Methodological Thoughts2 From Everyone’s Slave to Patronless Freedman1 The Size of the Municipal familia publica2 Manumission and the familia publica3 Conclusions3 Starting from Scratch1 Staying Close to Home: Settlement Patterns2 Marriage Patterns and Social Connections3 Municipal Freedmen and the Associative Order4 Conclusions4 Little Fish in a Big Labor Market1 Shallow Roots: Settlement Patterns2 Social and Economic Mobility of the Descendants3 Conclusions5 Conclusions: Names on a TombstoneAppendix 1: Demographic Estimates of Select Cities in ItalyAppendix 2: Catalogue of Municipal Freedmen and Freedwomen (L)Appendix 3: Catalogue of Descendants of Municipal Freedmen and Freedwomen (D)BibliographyIndex

Jeffrey A. Easton, Ph.D. (2019), University of Toronto, is Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at Southwestern University. His research and publications focus on Latin epigraphy and social, economic, and political institutions in the Roman empire.

"This is a very stimulating, well researched book which is based on a clear premise: municipal freedmen and their descendants were less successful than their private counterparts because they lacked patronal backing. [...] All in all, the treatment of the evidence is excellent, and the book reads very well: the argumentation is very clear." Pedro López Barja in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2024.08.16

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsIntroduction: Trimalchio’s Shadow: Former Slaves and Social Mobility in the Roman World1 Social Mobility in the Roman Empire2 The Case-Study of Roman Municipal Freedmen and Freedwomen and Their Families1 Leaving a Mark: Municipal Freedmen and Roman Epigraphy1 Cataloguing the Evidence2 Former Municipal Slaves and Their Families3 Final Methodological Thoughts2 From Everyone’s Slave to Patronless Freedman1 The Size of the Municipal familia publica2 Manumission and the familia publica3 Conclusions3 Starting from Scratch1 Staying Close to Home: Settlement Patterns2 Marriage Patterns and Social Connections3 Municipal Freedmen and the Associative Order4 Conclusions4 Little Fish in a Big Labor Market1 Shallow Roots: Settlement Patterns2 Social and Economic Mobility of the Descendants3 Conclusions5 Conclusions: Names on a TombstoneAppendix 1: Demographic Estimates of Select Cities in ItalyAppendix 2: Catalogue of Municipal Freedmen and Freedwomen (L)Appendix 3: Catalogue of Descendants of Municipal Freedmen and Freedwomen (D)BibliographyIndex

Jeffrey A. Easton, Ph.D. (2019), University of Toronto, is Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at Southwestern University. His research and publications focus on Latin epigraphy and social, economic, and political institutions in the Roman empire.

"This is a very stimulating, well researched book which is based on a clear premise: municipal freedmen and their descendants were less successful than their private counterparts because they lacked patronal backing. [...] All in all, the treatment of the evidence is excellent, and the book reads very well: the argumentation is very clear." Pedro López Barja in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2024.08.16

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsIntroduction: Trimalchio’s Shadow: Former Slaves and Social Mobility in the Roman World1 Social Mobility in the Roman Empire2 The Case-Study of Roman Municipal Freedmen and Freedwomen and Their Families1 Leaving a Mark: Municipal Freedmen and Roman Epigraphy1 Cataloguing the Evidence2 Former Municipal Slaves and Their Families3 Final Methodological Thoughts2 From Everyone’s Slave to Patronless Freedman1 The Size of the Municipal familia publica2 Manumission and the familia publica3 Conclusions3 Starting from Scratch1 Staying Close to Home: Settlement Patterns2 Marriage Patterns and Social Connections3 Municipal Freedmen and the Associative Order4 Conclusions4 Little Fish in a Big Labor Market1 Shallow Roots: Settlement Patterns2 Social and Economic Mobility of the Descendants3 Conclusions5 Conclusions: Names on a TombstoneAppendix 1: Demographic Estimates of Select Cities in ItalyAppendix 2: Catalogue of Municipal Freedmen and Freedwomen (L)Appendix 3: Catalogue of Descendants of Municipal Freedmen and Freedwomen (D)BibliographyIndex