Professor
Richard P. Saller
Stanford University
Historian; Educator; Academic administrator
Area
Humanities and Arts
Specialty
History
Elected
2005
Historian of ancient Rome. Made contributions to the understanding of the structures and workings of Roman society. Drawing on a wide range of classical sources (literary and archaeological) and scholarly disciplines in the social sciences, illuminated the demographic and cultural developments of the Roman Empire. Most recently, focused on the role of human capital in the growth and limitations of the Roman economy.
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