Eleanor Cowan

My research concentrates on the Roman Republic and Julio-Claudian Rome. I have a particular interest in communities in conflict, in the history of ideas, in the intersection of law and politics and in Classical historiography. More recently, my work has moved into the study of two ideas prominent in our own times – the ‘rule of law’ (especially the re-establishment of the rule of law in post-conflict communities) and ‘domestic violence’ – and their antecedents in the ancient world. My current projects include "Domestic Violence and Vulnerability in the Roman World".