Staff Profiles

I am a Roman historian and specialise in the social, cultural and economic history of the Roman empire, with a particular focus on Egypt under Roman rule, and Greek papyrology.

My second monograph, entitled Village life in Roman Egypt: Tebtunis in the first century AD (Oxford University Press, 2020), aims to reconstruct the first detailed village study for the Roman Empire, for Tebtunis, in the Fayum. Based on the analysis of the documents produced at the local record-office, this study examines aspects of village life for which our current knowledge is limited, such as social stratification, the actual position of women, slaves and priests, the functions of associations, the social relations between the peasants and the local elite, and the role of non-agricultural activities. This book will provide a model of rural society that can be used as a template for study of the 75% or so of the population who lived outside cities in the Eastern Mediterranean. For more information see https://global.oup.com/academic/product/village-life-in-roman-egypt-9780198835318?view=Grid&lang=en&cc=gb.

My first monograph, entitled L'allevamento di pecore e capre nell'Egitto romano: aspetti economici e sociali (Edipuglia, 2012), is a study of the social and economic role of pastoralism in Roman Egypt (AD I-III). For more information see https://edipuglia.it/catalogo/lallevamento-di-pecore-pdf/

I have also published a co-edited volume, with D.W. Rathbone, entitled Village Institutions in Egypt in the Roman to the early Arab Periods (Proceedings of the British Academy, 231, Oxford University Press, 2021), which is the first study to survey village institutions in Egypt during the first eight centuries AD, from the beginning of Roman rule to the early Arab period. For more information see https://global.oup.com/academic/product/village-institutions-in-egypt-in-the-roman-to-early-arab-periods-9780197266779?cc=gb&lang=en&

I have been part of international research groups for the edition of unpublished Greek papyri (Prague and Florence), and have collaborated with the Berkeley Prosopography Services Project (University of California, Berkeley), which aims to create a digital tool for social network analysis.

I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Previous positions:

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for the Tebtunis Papyri, University of California, Berkeley (2014-16)

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, King's College London (2011-14)

Research Associate, King's College London (2010-11)

Current roles within the School:

2024-: UoA coordinator for Classics

2024-: PGR selector for Classics

Previous roles within the School:

2024-25: UG Deputy Degree Programme Director

2021-2024: Lead Mentor for HCA (with Dr Rob Collins)

2021-22: MA Degree Programme Director for Classics and Ancient History (Semester 1)

2020-21 (Semester 2): Acting PGR Director for HCA

2020-21 (Semester 1): Deputy UG Degree Programme Director

2020-21: Stage 2 Coordinator

2016-2020: Employability rep for Classics

2016-2020: Marketing rep for Classics

Research interests

• Social, cultural and economic history of the Roman Empire
• Egypt under Roman rule
• Greek Papyrology
• Village economy and society in the Roman world
• Institutions in the Roman world

Postgraduate supervision

I am happy to supervise prospective PhD students in the areas indicated above, and more broadly in topics related to social and economic history of the ancient world.

Semester 1 2026/27

CAH2017 The Roman World from Hadrian to Heraclius (module leader)

HCA1008 Global Ancient Histories (contributor)

CAC3000 Dissertation (supervisor)

Semester 2 2026/27

CAH3036 Roman Egypt (module leader)

CAC2000 The Researcher's Toolkit: Sources, methods, and interpretations in Classics and Ancient History (contributor)

CAH1015 The Roman World from Romulus to Trajan (contributor)

CAC3000 Dissertation (supervisor)

Previous teaching includes:

At UG level

CAH2207/2007 Caesar's Gift (module leader and contributor)

CAH2208 Issues in Ancient History (contributor)

HCA1008 Global Ancient Histories (contributor)

CAH3036 Roman Egypt

CAH3000 Dissertation (supervisor)

At MA level

CAC8000 Research Skills and Development (module leader and contributor)

CAC8110 Ancient Cultures in Context (module leader)

CAC8106 Independent Study Project (module leader)

• Articles

  • Langellotti M. Village elites in the early Roman Arsinoite. Quaderni del Museo del Papiro 2018, XV, 293-312.
  • Langellotti M. Occupations and naming trends in first-century Tebtunis and Philadelphia. Late Antiquity - Studies in Source Criticism 2017, XVI, 147-182.
  • Langellotti M. Professional Associations and the State in Roman Egypt: the Case of First-Century Tebtunis. Chronique d'Égypte 2016, 91(181), 111-134.
  • Langellotti M. Locazioni di capre nell’Egitto romano. Analecta Papyrologica 2008, 18-20, 145-54.

• Authored Books

  • Langellotti M. Village Life in Roman Egypt: Tebtunis in the first century AD. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.
  • Langellotti M. L’allevamento di pecore e capre nell’Egitto romano: aspetti economici e sociali. Bari: Edipuglia, 2012.

• Book Chapters

  • Langellotti M. L’invidia dello stato sociale nell’Egitto romano. In: C. Carsana, A. Galimberti and L. Mecella, ed. Dinamiche di competizione sociale a Roma tra la tarda Repubblica e il Tardo Impero. Rome, Italy: L’Erma di Bretschneider, 2026, pp.171-195.
  • Langellotti M. Cultural Capital and the Economy in Roman Egypt. In: Nathanael Andrade and Rubina Raja, ed. Invisible Labour in Antiquity. Visualizing Obscure Work in the Ancient Mediterranean and West Asia. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2025, pp.199-224.
  • Langellotti M. A world full of associations: Rules and Community Values in Early Roman Egypt. In: V. Gabrielsen & M. Paganini, ed. Private Associations in the Ancient Greek World: Regulations and the Creation of Group Identity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023, pp.179-195.
  • Langellotti M. Record-offices in villages in Roman Egypt. In: Langellotti, M; Rahbone, DW, ed. Village Institutions in Egypt in the Roman to Early Arab Periods. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020, pp.94-108.
  • Langellotti M, Rathbone DW. Introduction. In: Langellotti, M; Rathbone, DW, ed. Village Institutions in Egypt in the Roman to Early Arab Periods. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020, pp.1-19.
  • Langellotti M. Taxation, Greco-Roman Egypt. In: The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015, pp.ca. 1,000 words.
  • Langellotti M. Sales in early Roman Tebtunis: the case of the grapheion Archive of Kronion. In: Jakab É, ed. Sale and Community: Documents from the Ancient World: individuals' autonomy and state interference in the ancient world (Legal Documents in Ancient Societies V.). Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2015, pp.117-132.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Langellotti M. Contracts and people in early Roman Tebtunis: a complex affair. In: 27th International Congress of Papyrology. 2016, Warsaw: The Taubenschlag Foundation.
  • Langellotti M. The meaning of εἴδη in tax documents in Roman Egypt. In: 26th International Congress of Papyrology. 2012.

• Edited Book

  • Langellotti M, Rathbone DW, ed. Village Institutions in Egypt in the Roman to Early Arab Periods. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.

• Reviews

  • Langellotti M. H. Cuvigny, Rome in Egypt's Eastern Desert (ISAW monographs). Edited with an introduction by Roger S. Bagnall. New York: New York University Press. The Journal of Roman Studies 2023, 113, 266-267.
  • Langellotti M. A.L. Boozer (2021) At Home in Roman Egypt. A Social Archaeology. Cambridge University Press. Minerva 2022, 63.
  • Langellotti M. R.S. BAGNALL (ed.) The Undertakers of the Great Oasis (P.Nekr.). (Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Graeco-Roman Memoirs Supplementary Volume 1). London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2017. Pp. xii. + 148. ￡85. 9780856982347. Journal of Hellenic Studies 2021, 141, 282-283.
  • Langellotti M. N. Reggiani, Digital Papyrology I: Methods, Tools and Trends. Sehepunkte 2018, 18(9), 30892.
  • Langellotti M. Inge Uytterhoeven. Hawara in the Graeco-Roman Period: Life and Death in a Fayum Village [Review]. Tyche 2014, 29, 303-304.

• Scholarly Editions

  • Langellotti M. Memorandum of sheep and goats declared. In: A. Benaissa ed. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri 2019. London: The Egypt Exploration Society, 84, no. 5442 139-140.
  • Langellotti M. Declarations and memorandum of livestock. In: Benaissa, A ed. The Oxyhrynchus Papyri 2019. Egypt Exploration Society, 84, 124-126.
  • Langellotti M. Declaration of sheep and goats. In: A. Benaissa ed. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri 2019. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 84, no. 5433 126-127.
  • Langellotti M. Declaration of sheep and goats. In: A. Benaissa ed. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri 2019. London: The Egypt Exploration Society, 84, no. 5434 128-129.
  • Langellotti M. Declaration of sheep and goats. In: A. Benaissa ed. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri 2019. London: The Egypt Exploration Society, 84, no. 5435 129-131.
  • Langellotti M. Declaration of sheep and goats. In: A. Benaissa ed. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri 2019. London: The Egypt Exploration Society, 84, no. 5438 133-134.
  • Langellotti M. Declaration of sheep and goats. In: A. Benaissa ed. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri 2019. London: The Egypt Exploration Society, 84, no. 5439 134-136.
  • Langellotti M. Declaration of sheep and goats. In: A. Benaissa ed. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri 2019. London: The Egypt Exploration Society, 84, no. 5440 136-137.
  • Langellotti M. Declaration of sheep and goats. In: A. Benaissa ed. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri 2019. London: The Egypt Exploration Society, 84, no. 5448 148-149.
  • Langellotti M. Declaration of sheep and goats. In: A. Benaissa ed. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri 2019. London: The Egypt Exploration Society, 84, no. 5452 152-153.
  • Langellotti M. Declaration of sheep. In: A. Benaissa ed. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri 2019. London: The Egypt Exploration Society, 84, no. 5437 132-133.
  • Langellotti M. Declaration of sheep. In: A. Benaissa ed. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri 2019. London: The Egypt Exploration Society, 84, no. 5449 149-150.
  • Langellotti M. Declaration of livestock. In: A. Benaissa ed. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri 2019. London: The Egypt Exploration Society, 84, no. 5450 150-151.
  • Langellotti M. Declaration of livestock. In: A. Benaissa ed. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri 2019. London: The Egypt Exploration Society, 84, no. 5451 151.
  • Langellotti M. Ricevuta di stephanikon (1696). Papiri della Società Italiana 2018. Firenze: Firenze University Press, 17, 186-189.
  • Langellotti M. Registro. Papiri della Società Italiana 2013. 16, 178-81.
  • Langellotti M. Petizione allo stratego. Papiri della Società Italiana 2013. 16, 168-170.
  • Langellotti M. Conto e lettera eroniniani. Eirene 2010. 46, 102-104.