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Frederik Vervaet

Professor In Ancient History
Historical and Philosophical Studies
Socio-institutional history
Roman Legal History
arts & humanities
history
classics
16 peace, justice and strong institutions
ancient history
literary criticism
archaeology
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Frederik Vervaet

 
Division
Arts
 
Primary Interest
Roman Public Law
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Projects

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Augustus and the Roman Triumph: A Study in Creeping Authoritarianism

2021 - 2024
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Blood, Soil and Power: Public Land in Roman Republican Italy (338-13 BCE)

2016 - 2016
Completed
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The Principle of the Summum Imperium Auspiciumque under the Roman Republic

2008 - 2008
Completed

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Project Types

2

Internal Research Grant

1

Research Grant

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Scholarly Works

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Dictator

Frederik Vervaet

Book Chapter  |  2022

Soon after the establishment of the Republic (traditionally dated to 509 BCE), an aristocratic democracy marked by collegial rule ..

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Francisco Pina Polo, Alejandro Díaz Fernández: The Quaestorship in the Roman Republic.

Frederik Juliaan Vervaet

Journal article  |  2021  |  Gnomon

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Conclusions

P Towl, SA Hemphill

Book Chapter  |  2020

A comparative and interdisciplinary study of ancient and medieval Eurasian empires using historical, philological and archaeologic..

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Subsidia dominationi: The Early Careers of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Nero Claudius Drusus Revisited

Frederik Juliaan Vervaet

Journal article  |  2020  |  Klio

Whereas many aspects of the Augustan age continue to enjoy ongoing or renewed interest, the early careers of Tiberius Claudius Ner..

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No Grain of Salt Casting a New Light on Pompeius' cura annonae

Frederik Juliaan Vervaet

Journal article  |  2020  |  HERMES-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KLASSISCHE PHILOLOGIE

No Grain of Salt Casting a New Light on Pompeius' cura annonae

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Priests and senators: The decemviri sa cris fa ciundis in the middle republic (367-104 bce)

RN O'Brien, FJ Vervaet

Journal article  |  2020  |  Revue des Etudes Anciennes

This study explores the political function of the Roman priesthood of the decemuiri sacris faciundis and their consultation of the..

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The Triumvirate Rei Publicae Constituendae: Political and Constitutional Aspects

Frederik Vervaet

Book Chapter  |  2020

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The Historiography of Late Republican Civil War

Book  |  2019

Summary: "The Historiography of Late Republican Civil War is part of a burgeoning new trend that focuses on the great impact of st..

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Sulla and the Origins of the Concept of Bellum Civile

Frederik Vervaet, Carsten Lange Hjort

Book Chapter  |  2019

During the period from 88 to 82 BCE Lucius Cornelius Sulla and his adversaries fought Rome's first round...

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Historiography and Civil War

Frederik Vervaet, Carsten Hjort Lange

Book Chapter  |  2019

History is (also) about how we as scholars approach the past. ...

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Keyword Analysis

Historical Studies
Understanding Past Societies
Expanding Knowledge
Other History, Heritage and Archaeology
Archaeology
Justice and the Law

News

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Other awful years in history

Deirdre Coleman, Hayden Dalton, Catherine Kovesi, Frederik Vervaet

Around the world, people can’t wait for 2020 to end. COVID-19 has killed close to a million people globally over the course of the pandemic..

September 18, 2020
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Volcanic winter and pandemic pandemonium

Frederik Vervaet

In 527 CE, when Emperor Justinian and his formidable Empress Theodora were crowned at Constantinople, the capital of the vast East Roman – ..

August 14, 2020
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Bringing ancient Rome to life

Kit Morrell, Tim Parkin, Michael "Maxx" Schmitz, Frederik Vervaet

Whether it’s back stabbing intrigue, shiny armour and swords, decadent rulers and erotic banquets, or bawdy jokes – Ancient Roman history h..

September 9, 2019
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Mark Zuckerberg's admiration for Emperor Augustus is misplaced. Here's why

Frederik Juliaan Vervaet

On his 2012 honeymoon to Rome, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took so many photos of the Roman Emperor Augustus’s sculptures that his wif..

January 2, 2019
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Rome’s Augustus and the allure of the strongman

Frederik Vervaet

On his 2012 honeymoon to Rome, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took so many photos of the Roman Emperor Augustus’s sculptures that his wif..

December 4, 2018
pursuit Article

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2005

Visiting Scholarship Wolfson College (Oxford)
2005

Travel Grant (Research Foundation Flanders)
2002

Francqui Fellowship of the BAEF
1999

The 'Andre Schaepdrijverprijs' for the best Master's dissertation in History of the academic year 1996-1997

Ghent University
1998

doctoral Research Fellowship (Research Foundation Flanders)
2010

Visiting Fellow of the Belgian Historical Institute in Rome at the Academia Belgica (1 Sep 2010 - 30 Nov 2010)

2010

Member of the Roman Society Research Centre

2006

Member of Consolidated Research Group AREA

2002

Francqui Fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation (1 Nov 2002- 1 Nov 2003)

1998

Research Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (1 Oct 1998- 1 Oct 2002)

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Professor In Ancient History

Historical and Philosophical Studies

Education

Doctor of History

Ghent University

Master in History

Ghent University

Bachelor in History

Ghent University

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Languages

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English
French

International Linkages

Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

Netherlands

Ghent University

Belgium