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Buffett Center Faculty & Fellows Colloquium
Ethnic Trading Communities and Roman Long-Distance Commerce

Taco Terpstra, Classics

A specialist in the socio-economic history of ancient Rome, Taco Terpstra received a combined BA and MA in Law from the University of Groningen and a second BA and MA in Classics from the same institution. He earned his Ph.D. in Ancient History at Columbia University in 2011, and his dissertation was published early in 2013 under the title “Trading Communities in the Roman World: A Micro-Economic and Institutional Perspective.” In 2012-13 he held a postdoctoral fellowship with the University of Heidelberg as part of a research team devoted to the theme of “Material Text Cultures.” He teaches courses on Roman economic history and the archaeology of Pompeii and its neighbors, as well as a freshman seminar on the ancient economy.