Publications

N.B.: publications marked with (*) are peer reviewed.

Monographs
1. (*) Flohr, M. (2013). The World of the Fullo. Work, Economy and Society in Roman Italy. Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Edited Volumes
7. Flohr, M. and A. Zuiderhoek (In Press). A Companion to Cities in the Greco-Roman World. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell.
6. Flohr, M., S. Mols and T. Tieleman (Forthcoming). Anchoring Science and Technology in Greco-Roman Antiquity. : .
5. Flohr, M. and K. Bowes (2024). Valuing Labour in Greco-Roman Antiquity. Mnemosyne Supplements 481. Leiden: Brill.
4. (*) Flohr, M. (2020). Urban Space and Urban History in the Roman World. Studies in Roman Space and Urbanism. London: Routledge.
3. (*) Flohr, M. and A. Wilson (2017). The Economy of Pompeii. Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2. (*) Wilson, A. and M. Flohr (2016). Urban craftsmen and traders in the Roman World. Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
1. Poehler, E., M. Flohr and K. Cole (2011). Pompeii: Art, Industry, Infrastructure. Oxford: Oxbow.
Journal Articles
21. Flohr, M. (2023). ‘Voorbij het Gouden Schiereiland: Zuidoost-Azië en de Romeinse wereld’. Hermeneus 95.4: 25–28.
20. Flohr, M. (2023). ‘"En wij dan?" Het dekolonisatieonderzoek en de postkoloniale ontheemden’. TvG 136.3: 263–270.
19. (*) Flohr, M. (2023). ‘Urban Heterogeneity and Technological Innovation in the Roman Empire’. JUA 8: 127–145.
18. Flohr, M. (2020). ‘Goed boeren in de schaduw van de metropool’. Satricum Nieuwsbrief 26.1: 3–5.
17. (*) Flohr, M. and V. Hunink (2019). ‘Een gulle gever zonder naam. De nieuwe grafinscriptie uit Pompeii’. Hermeneus 91.1: 26–32.
16. (*) Flohr, M. (2019). ‘Artisans and Markets: the Economics of Roman Domestic Decoration’. AJA 123.1: 101–125.
15. (*) Flohr, M. (2016). ‘Innovation and Society in the Roman World’. Oxford Handbooks Online.
14. Flohr, M. (2016). ‘Pompeii in perspectief’. Leidschrift 31.1: 41–60.
13. (*) Flohr, M. (2016). ‘Tabernae Publicae. Commercie en de publieke zaak in Romeins Italië’. Lampas 49: 67–88.
12. Flohr, M. (2014). ‘Costruire tabernae: l'investimento commerciale nelle città dell'Italia romana’. Forma Urbis 19.9: 42–44.
11. Flohr, M. (2013). ‘Building Tabernae - how commercial investment changed the cities of Roman Italy’. TMA 50: 84–84.
10. (*) Flohr, M. (2013). ‘The Textile Economy of Pompeii’. JRA 26: 53–78.
9. Flohr, M. (2011). ‘Tabernae, economische groei en stedelijke ontwikkeling in republikeins Pompeii’. TMA 46: 34–41.
8. Flohr, M. (2011). ‘Cleaning the Laundries III. Report of the 2008 campaign’. FOLD&R 214: 1–13.
7. (*) Flohr, M. (2009). ‘The social world of Roman fullonicae’. TRAJ 2008: 173–186.
6. Flohr, M. (2008). ‘Cleaning the Laundries II. Report of the 2007 campaign’. FOLD&R 111: 1–13.
5. Flohr, M. (2007). ‘Cleaning the Laundries. Report of the 2006 season’. RivStPomp 18: 131–136.
4. (*) Flohr, M. (2007). ‘Nec quicquam ingenuum habere potest officina? Spatial contexts of urban production at Pompeii, AD 79’. BABesch 82.1: 129–148.
3. (*) Flohr, M. (2006). ‘Pislucht in de achtertuin. Wonen en werken in Pompejaanse atriumhuizen’. Lampas 39.4: 326–342.
2. Flohr, M. (2005). ‘Keeping up appearances. Design History and Use of Domus VI 14, 21-22’. RivStPomp 16: 37–63.
1. (*) Flohr, M. (2003). ‘Fullones and Roman Society. A Reconsideration’. JRA 16: 447–450.
Book Chapters
48. Flohr, M. (In Press). ‘Urban Housing’, in M. Flohr and A. Zuiderhoek (eds), A Companion to Cities in the Greco-Roman World. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell.
47. Flohr, M. (In Press). ‘Urban Development and Planning’, in M. Flohr and A. Zuiderhoek (eds), A Companion to Cities in the Greco-Roman World. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell.
46. Hemelrijk, E.M. and M. Flohr (In Press). ‘Urban Social Structures in the Roman World’, in M. Flohr and A. Zuiderhoek (eds), A Companion to Cities in the Greco-Roman World. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell.
45. Flohr, M. (In Press). ‘The economic foundations of Greco-Roman urbanism’, in P. Davies and C.G. Williamson (eds), The Cambridge Urban History of Europe. Vol. I. Antiquity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
44. Flohr, M. (Forthcoming). ‘From ashlar to brick: anchoring and innovation in Roman building practice’, in M. Flohr, S. Mols and T. Tieleman (eds), Anchoring Science and Technology in Greco-Roman Antiquity. : .
43. Lewis, D. and M. Flohr (Forthcoming). ‘Society and Politics’, in B. Russell (ed.), A Cultural History of Craft in Antiquity. London: Bloomsbury.
42. Flohr, M. (Forthcoming). ‘Technologies of Human Thought and Creativity’, in A.-O. Koloski-Ostrow and R. Taylor (eds), A Cultural History of Technology. Vol. I. Antiquity. London: Bloomsbury.
41. Flohr, M. (Forthcoming). ‘Approaches to the economic life of the Vesuvian Sites’, in J. Berry and R. Benefiel (eds), Oxford Handbook to Pompeii and Environs. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
40. Flohr, M. (Forthcoming). ‘Manufacturing Everyday Consumer Goods’, in A. Bresson, E. Lo Cascio, M. Maiuro and J. Johnson (eds), Oxford Handbook of Economies in the Classical World. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
39. Flohr, M. and K. Bowes (2024). ‘Introduction: value at work’, in M. Flohr and K. Bowes (eds), Valuing Labour in Greco-Roman Antiquity. Leiden: Brill, 1–20.
38. Flohr, M. (2023). ‘Sociale media en academische vrijheid’, in D. Verburgt and J.-W. Duyvendak (eds), Academische vrijheden in Nederland: Wat staat er op het spel?. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 189–200.
37. (*) Flohr, M. (2023). ‘Prosperity and inequality: imperial hegemony and neighbourhood formation in the cities of Roman Italy’, in A. Haug, A. Hielscher and A.-L. Krüger (eds), Neighbourhoods and City Quarters in Antiquity. Design and Experience. Berlin: De Gruyter, 157–173.
36. Flohr, M. (2023). ‘Manufacturing in the Roman World’, in K. Ruffing and S. Von Reden (eds), Handbuch Antike Wirtschaft. Oldenbourg: De Gruyter, 719–742.
35. Flohr, M. (2023). ‘Sanctuary and workshop. Religion and commerce in Roman urban space’, in O. De Cazanove, A. Pollini, N. Monteix and A. Esposito (eds), Travailler à l'ombre du temple. Activités de production et lieux de culte dans le monde antique. Naples: Centre Jean Bérard, 33–45.
34. Flohr, M. (2022). ‘The topography of Ancient Rome: The archaeological map as a teaching aid’, in M. Storms (ed.), Maps that Made History. 1000 Years of World History in 100 Old Maps. Tielt: Lannoo, 234–237.
33. Flohr, M. (2022). ‘An institutional revolution? The early tabernae of Roman Italy’, in K. Ruffing and K. Droß-Krüpe (eds), Markt, Märkte und Marktgebäude in der antiken Welt. Wiesbaden: Harassowitz, 425–439.
32. Flohr, M. (2022). ‘Pecunia non olet? De klassieke traditie en de koloniale wereld’, in N.I. Kuin, Huig. E. and M. Liebregts (eds), De huid van Cleopatra: etniciteit en diversiteit in oudheidstudies. Hilversum: Verloren.
31. Flohr, M. (2022). ‘Between aesthetics and investment. Close-reading the tuff façades of Pompeii’, in M. Trümper and D. Maschek (eds), Architecture and the Ancient Economy. Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 155–172.
30. Flohr, M. (2022). ‘Spaces and Places’, in M. Harlow and R. Laurence (eds), A Cultural History of Shopping in Antiquity. London: Bloomsbury, 41–65.
29. (*) Flohr, M. (2021). ‘Information landscapes and economic practice in the Roman World’, in C. Rosillo López and M. Garcia Morcillo (eds), Managing Information in the Roman Economy. London: Palgrave, 205–228.
28. Flohr, M. (2021). ‘Beyond Pompeii and Ostia: commerce and urban space in Roman Italy’, in A. Zuiderhoek and F. Vermeulen (eds), Space, Movement and the Economy in Roman CIties in Italy and Beyond. London: Routledge, 39–67.
27. Flohr, M. (2020). ‘From urban space to urban history: an introduction’, in M. Flohr (ed.), Urban Space and Urban History in the Roman World. London: Routledge, 1–16.
26. Flohr, M. (2020). ‘From the forum to the gate. Commercial investment and Ostia's Cardo’, in H. Kamermans and L.B. Van der Meer (eds), Designating Place. Archaeological Perspectives on Built Environments in Ostia and Pompeii. Leiden: Leiden University Press, 108–120.
25. Flohr, M. (2020). ‘Fora and commerce in Roman Italy’, in M. Flohr (ed.), Urban Space and Urban History in the Roman World. London: Routledge, 198–220.
24. Flohr, M. (2020). ‘Hilltops, heat and precipitation: Roman urban life and the natural environment’, in M. Flohr (ed.), Urban Space and Urban History in the Roman World. London: Routledge, 66–85.
23. (*) Flohr, M. (2020). ‘Performing commerce: everyday work and urban life in Roman Italy’, in A. Haug and S. Merten (eds), Urban Practices. Repopulating the Ancient City. Leuven: Brepols, 67–80.
22. Flohr, M. (2019). ‘Prosperity, investment, and the history of Pompeii's urban economy’, in M. Maiuro and M. Balbo (eds), Popolazione, risorse e urbanizzazione nella Campania Antica. Dall'età preromana alla Tarda Antichità. Bari: Edipuglia, 75–90.
21. Flohr, M. (2018). ‘Work and Workplaces’, in E. Lytle (ed.), A Cultural History of Work in Antiquity. London: Bloomsbury, 57–72.
20. Flohr, M. (2018). ‘Skeletons in the cupboard? Femurs and food regimes in the Roman world’, in P.P.M. Erdkamp and C. Holleran (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Diet and Nutrition in the Roman World. London: Routledge, 273–280.
19. Flohr, M. (2017). ‘Beyond smell. The sensory landscape of the Roman fullonica’, in E.M. Betts (ed.), Senses of the Empire: Multisensory Approaches to Roman Culture. London: Routledge.
18. (*) Flohr, M. (2017). ‘Quantifying Pompeii: Population, Inequality and the Urban Economy’, in M. Flohr and A. Wilson (eds), The Economy of Pompeii. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 53–84.
17. (*) Flohr, M. and A. Wilson (2017). ‘Introduction: Investigating an Urban Economy’, in M. Flohr and A. Wilson (eds), The Economy of Pompeii. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1–19.
16. (*) Flohr, M. (2017). ‘Constructing Occupational Identities in the Roman World’, in K. Verboven and C. Laes (eds), Work, labour and professions in the Roman World. Leiden: Brill, 147–172.
15. Flohr, M. (2017). ‘Textiles, trade and the urban economies of Roman Asia Minor’, in K. Piesker (ed.), Wirtschaft als Machtbasis. Vormoderne Wirtschaftssysteme in Anatolien. Berlin: DAI Abteilung Istanbul, 21–41.
14. Flohr, M. (2016). ‘The Wool Economy of Roman Italy’, in K. Dross-Krüpe and M.-L. Nosch (eds), Textiles, Trade and Theories. From the Ancient Near East to the Mediterranean. Münster: Ugarit, 49–62.
13. (*) Flohr, M. and A. Wilson (2016). ‘Introduction’, in A. Wilson and M. Flohr (eds), Urban craftsmen and traders in the Roman World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1–19.
12. (*) Flohr, M. and A. Wilson (2016). ‘Roman Craftsmen and Traders. Towards an Intellectual History’, in A. Wilson and M. Flohr (eds), Urban craftsmen and traders in the Roman World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 23–54.
11. Flohr, M. (2014). ‘De Economie van Romeins Italië’, in W. Hupperetz, O. Karper, M.J. Versluys and F. Naerebout (eds), Van Rome naar Romeins. Zwolle: W Books, 48–52.
10. Flohr, M. (2014). ‘Towards an Economic History of Textile Manufacturing and Trade in the Roman World’, in K. Dross-Krüpe (ed.), Textile trade and distribution in antiquity. Wiesbaden: Harassowitz, 1–16.
9. Flohr, M. (2013). ‘Ulula, quinquatrus and the occupational identity of fullones in early imperial Italy’, in M. Gleba and J. Pasztokai-Szeöke (eds), Making Textiles in pre-Roman and Roman Times: People, Places, Identities. Oxford: Oxbow, 192–207.
8. Flohr, M. (2012). ‘Working and living under one roof: workshops in Pompeian atrium houses’, in A. Anguissola (ed.), Privata Luxuria: Towards an Archaeology of Intimacy. Munich: Utz, 51–72.
7. Flohr, M. and N. De Haan (2012). ‘Delos in de tweede eeuw v. Chr.: Panhelleens heiligdom en kosmopolitische vrijhaven’, in N. De Haan and S. Mols (eds), Cultuurgeschiedenis van de Klassieke Oudheid. Zwolle: WBooks, 186–197.
6. Flohr, M. (2012). ‘Economie in de Oudheid: risico mijden en winst maken’, in N. De Haan and S. Mols (eds), Cultuurgeschiedenis van de Klassieke Oudheid. Zwolle: WBooks, 199–211.
5. Poehler, E., M. Flohr and K. Cole (2011). ‘Introduction’, in E. Poehler, M. Flohr and K. Cole (eds), Pompeii: Art, Industry, Infrastructure. n/a Oxford: Oxbow, 1–9.
4. Flohr, M. (2011). ‘Exploring the limits of skilled craftsmanship: the fullonicae of Roman Italy’, in N. Monteix and N. Tran (eds), Les Savoirs Professionels des gens de métier Romains. études sur le monde du travail dans les sociétés urbaines de l'empire romain. n/a Rome: Ecole Française de Rome, 87–100.
3. Flohr, M. (2011). ‘Reconsidering the Atrium House. Domestic Fullonicae at Pompeii’, in E. Poehler, M. Flohr and K. Cole (eds), Pompeii: Art, Industry, Infrastructure. Oxford: Oxbow, 88–102.
2. Acéro Pérez, J., M. Flohr, B. Hobson, J. Koehler, A.-O. Koloski-Ostrow, S. Radbauer and J. Van Vaerenbergh (2011). ‘Location and Contexts of Toilets’, in G. Jansen, A.-O. Koloski-Ostrow and E. Moormann (eds), Roman Toilets. Their Archaeology and Cultural History. n/a Leuven: Peeters, 113–130.
1. Flohr, M. and A. Wilson (2011). ‘The economy of ordure’, in G. Jansen, A.-O. Koloski-Ostrow and E. Moormann (eds), Roman Toilets. Their Archaeology and Cultural History. Leuven: Peeters, 127–136.
Articles in Conference Proceedings
5. Flohr, M. (2020). ‘Commerce and architecture in late Hellenistic Italy: the emergence of the taberna row’, in M. Flohr and N. Monteix (eds), Shops, Workshops and Urban Economic History in the Roman World. Panel 8.2. Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 1–11.
4. Flohr, M. (2018). ‘Tabernae and commercial investment along the western decumanus in Ostia’, in C. De Ruyt, Th. Morard and F. Van Haeperen (eds), Ostia Antica. Nouvelles études et recherces sur les quartiers occidentaux de la cité Actes du colloque international (Rome-Ostia Antica, 22-24 septembre 2014). Rome: Institut historique belge de Rome, 143–153.
3. Flohr, M. (2011). ‘Consumption, not Production. Understanding the fullonicae of Pompeii’, in C. Alfaro, J.-P. Brun, R. Pierobon Benoit and Ph. Borgard (eds), Textiles y tintes en la ciudad antigua : actas del III Symposium Internacional sobre Textiles y Tintes del Mediterráneo en el mundo antiguo (Nápoles, 13 al 15 de noviembre, 2008). n/a Valencia: Universidad de Valencia, 209–215.
2. Flohr, M. (2006). ‘Organizing the Workshop. Water Management in Roman Fullonicae’, in G. Wiplinger (ed.), Cura Aquarum in Ephesus. Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on the History of Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering in the Mediterranean Region, Ephesus/Selçuk, October 2-10, 2004. n/a Leuven: Peeters, 193–200.
1. Flohr, M. (2005). ‘Ars Fullonia. Interpreting and Contextualising Roman Fulling’, in C. Briault, J. Green, A. Kaldelis and A. Stellatou (eds), SOMA 2003. Symposium On Mediterranean Archaeology. Oxford: Archaeopress, 59–63.
Reviews
29. Flohr, M. (In Press). Review of Cortese, A.; Fioratto, G., 'Urban Space between the Roman Age and Late Antiquity'. Journal of Late Antiquity 17.1, 290–292.
28. Flohr, M. (2023). Review of Greaves, S.; Wallace-Hadrill, A., 'Rome and the Colonial City'. TMA 69, 46–47.
27. Flohr, M. (2023). Review of Scotti, F., 'Lana, Linum, Purpura, Versicoloria'. Quaderni Lupiensi 12, 490–492.
26. Flohr, M. (2020). Review of Terpstra, T., 'Trade in the Ancient Mediterranean'. Sehepunkte 20.5.
25. Flohr, M. (2020). Review of Bernard, S., 'Building Mid-Republican Rome'. EHR 73.2, 599–600.
24. Flohr, M. (2020). Review of Poehler, E., 'The Traffic Systems of Pompeii'. BABesch 95, 261–262.
23. Flohr, M. (2020). Review of Schoevaert, J., 'Les boutiques d'Ostie. L'économie urbaine au quotidien. Ier s. av. J.-C. - Ve s. ap. J.-C.'. BABesch 95, 262–263.
22. Flohr, M. (2019). Review of Vermeulen, F., 'From the Mountains to the Sea: The Roman Colonisation and Urbanisation of Central Adriatic Italy'. BMCR 2019.07.51.
21. Flohr, M. (2019). ‘Meer vrouwen, meer rituelen: een ruimhartiger Atheens burgerschap’. Review of Blok, J., 'Citizenship in Classical Athens'. TvG 132.2, 300–302.
20. Flohr, M. (2018). Review of Erdkamp, P.P.M.; Verboven, K.; Zuiderhoek, A., 'Ownership and Exploitation of Land and Natural Resources in the Roman World'. Latomus 77.3, 815–817.
19. Flohr, M. (2018). Review of Hawkins, C., 'Roman Artisans and the Urban Economy'. JRS 108, 225–226.
18. Flohr, M. (2017). Review of Dardenay, A.; Rosso, E., 'Dialogues entre sphère publique et sphère privée dans l'espace de la cité romaine. Vecteurs, acteurs, significations'. BJ 215, 465–466.
17. Flohr, M. (2016). ‘Wetten, burgerschap en bloei: de economie van de Griekse polis’. Review of Bresson, A., 'The Making of the ancient Greek economy. Institutions, markets, and growth in the city-states'. TvG 129.4, 644–645.
16. Flohr, M. (2015). Review of Monteix, N., 'Les lieux de métier : boutiques et ateliers d'Herculanum'. BABesch 90, 249–250.
15. Flohr, M. (2014). Review of Tran, N., 'Dominus Tabernae. Le statut de travail des artisans et des commerçans de l'occident romain'. BMCR 2014.10.09.
14. Flohr, M. (2014). Review of Esposito, A.; Sanidas, G., 'Quartiers artisanaux en Grèce ancienne. Une perspective méditerranéenne'. JHS 134, 257–258.
13. Flohr, M. (2014). Review of Temin, P., 'The Roman Market Economy'. Mnemosyne 67.4, 688–691.
12. Flohr, M. (2014). Review of Hoffmann-Salz, J., 'Die wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen der römischen Eroberung. Vergleichende Untersuchungen der Provinzen Hispania Tarraconensis, Africa Proconsularis und Syria'. Gnomon 86.2, 151–155.
11. Flohr, M. (2013). Review of Tchernia, A., 'Les Romains et le commerce'. RPh 85.2, 187–189.
10. Flohr, M. (2013). Review of Mayer, E., 'The Ancient Middle Classes. Urban Life and Aesthetics in the Roman Empire 100 BCE - 250 CE'. JRS 103, 308–309.
9. Flohr, M. (2013). Review of Holleran, C., 'Shopping in ancient Rome: the retail trade in the late Republic and the principate'. BMCR 2013.02.51.
8. Flohr, M. (2013). ‘Roman Movement’. Review of Laurence, R.; Newsome, D., 'Rome, Ostia, Pompeii. Movement and Space'. CR 63.1, 187–189.
7. Flohr, M. (2012). Review of Harris, W., 'Rome's Imperial Economy. Twelve Essays'. BMCR 2012.02.40.
6. Flohr, M. (2010). Review of Faber, A.; Hofmann, A., 'Die Casa del Fauno in Pompeji (VI 12), Part I: Stratigraphische Befunde der Ausgrabungen in den Jahren 1961 bis 1963 und Bauhistorische Analyse'. GFA 13, 1165–1171.
5. Flohr, M. (2008). Review of Patterson, J., 'Landscapes & Cities. Rural Settlement and Civic Transformation in Early Imperial Italy'. BMCR 2008.03.13.
4. Flohr, M. (2008). Review of Allison, P.M., 'The Insula of the Menander at Pompeii. III. The Finds'. BABesch 83, 200–201.
3. Flohr, M. (2007). Review of MacMahon, A.; Price, J., 'Roman Working Lives and Urban Living'. BMCR 2007.02.17.
2. Flohr, M. (2006). Review of Dickmann, J.-A., 'Pompeji. Archäologie und Geschichte'. BMCR 2006.05.08.
1. Flohr, M. (2005). ‘Room contents and domestic behaviour at Pompeii’. Review of Allison, P.M., 'Pompeian Households. An Analysis of the Material Culture'. JRA 18, 587–590.