Werner Eck is Professor of Ancient History at Cologne University. He is one of the foremost Roman imperial historians in the world, having published 13 books and over 250 articles on this period. His main field of research is the social history of the Roman empire, Roman epigraphy, and the history of the early church. He is co-editor of the
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. His publications include
Die Verwaltung des römischen Reiches in der Hohen Kaiserzeit (1995, second edition 1998),
Das senatus consultum de Cn. Pisone patre (with A. Caballos and F. Fernández, 1996), and
Tra epigrafia, prosopografia e archeologia: Scritti scelti, rielaborati ed aggiornati (1996).
Sarolta A. Takács is Associate Professor of Classics at Rutgers University. She is the author of Isis and Sarapis in the Roman World (1995) and has edited a number of books, including a critical co-edition with Cynthia Damon of the Senatus Consultum de Cn. Pisone Patre (1999), originally published by Werner Eck.
