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Slavery on the Northern Frontier: A Stylus Tablet from Vindolanda (2025)
Journal Article
Mullen, A., Meyer, A., & Roger, T. (in press). Slavery on the Northern Frontier: A Stylus Tablet from Vindolanda. Britannia, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068113X24000230

A Roman stylus tablet discovered at Vindolanda in 2014 preserves the partial text of a deed-of-sale for an enslaved person, only the second such document from Britain. This article presents the results of multiple techniques used to reveal the almost... Read More about Slavery on the Northern Frontier: A Stylus Tablet from Vindolanda.

Multilingualism, Language Management, and First Encounters in the Roman and American Colonial Experience (2024)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2024). Multilingualism, Language Management, and First Encounters in the Roman and American Colonial Experience. In M. Mass, & F. A. Yarnborough (Eds.), Empires and Indigenous Peoples: Comparing Ancient Roman and North American Experiences. University of Oklahoma Press

Latinization, Local Languages, and Literacies in the Roman West (2024)
Book
Mullen, A., & Willi, A. (Eds.). (2024). Latinization, Local Languages, and Literacies in the Roman West. Oxford University Press (OUP)

This volume explores Latinization, local languages, and literacies in the Roman West, focusing on the Iberian Peninsula, Gaul, the Germanies, and Britain in the later Iron Age and Roman period. We use a combination of various sets of evidence and an... Read More about Latinization, Local Languages, and Literacies in the Roman West.

Exploring Life and Languages in the Roman Western Provinces: Methods, Materials, and Mindsets (2024)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2024). Exploring Life and Languages in the Roman Western Provinces: Methods, Materials, and Mindsets. In A. Mullen, & A. Willi (Eds.), Latinization, Local Languages and Literacies in the Roman West (1-42). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191994760.003.0001

The Languages and Epigraphies of Iron Age and Roman Gaul (2024)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2024). The Languages and Epigraphies of Iron Age and Roman Gaul. In A. Mullen, & A. Willi (Eds.), Latinization, Local Languages and Literacies in the Roman West (151-204). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191994760.003.0005

To grasp the complexity of the languages and epigraphies of Gaul, this chapter takes an interdisciplinary and wide chronological perspective. The earliest epigraphic texts (sixth to second centuries bce) are in Greek, Iberian, Etruscan, and, later, L... Read More about The Languages and Epigraphies of Iron Age and Roman Gaul.

Languages and Literacies in Roman Britain (2024)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2024). Languages and Literacies in Roman Britain. In A. Mullen, & A. Willi (Eds.), Latinization, Local Languages and Literacies in the Roman West (355-401). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191994760.003.0010

This chapter describes the languages, literacies, and identities across the variegated landscapes and communities of Britannia, using evidence and perspectives from multiple disciplines—primarily archaeological, historical, (socio)linguistic, and epi... Read More about Languages and Literacies in Roman Britain.

Language and History in the Late-Roman and Post-Imperial West (2023)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A., & Woudhuysen, G. (2023). Language and History in the Late-Roman and Post-Imperial West. In A. Mullen, & G. Woudhuysen (Eds.), Languages and Communities in the Late-Roman and Post-Imperial Western Provinces. Oxford University Press (OUP)

Languages and Communities in the Late-Roman and Post-Imperial Western Provinces (2023)
Book
Mullen, A., & Woudhuysen, G. (2023). A. Mullen, & G. Woudhuysen (Eds.). Languages and Communities in the Late-Roman and Post-Imperial Western Provinces. Oxford University Press

Social dimensions of Latinization (2023)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2023). Social dimensions of Latinization. In A. Mullen (Ed.), Social factors in the Latinization of the Roman West. Oxford University Press (OUP)

Social Factors in the Latinization of the Roman West (2023)
Book
Mullen, A. (Ed.). (2023). Social Factors in the Latinization of the Roman West. Oxford University Press

A Scato-sexual Message: The Secundinus Stone with Phallus from Vindolanda (2023)
Journal Article
Meyer, A., Mullen, A., & Vanhala, J. (2023). A Scato-sexual Message: The Secundinus Stone with Phallus from Vindolanda. Britannia, 54, 305-320. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068113X2300020X

The Secundinus stone, with its combination of carved phallus and text, was found in 2022 in excavations within the stone fort at Vindolanda. We consider comparanda for the imagery from Vindolanda, Britannia and further afield, and textual parallels p... Read More about A Scato-sexual Message: The Secundinus Stone with Phallus from Vindolanda.

Language shift, attitudes and management in the Roman West (2023)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2023). Language shift, attitudes and management in the Roman West. In A. Pavlenko (Ed.), Multilingualism and History. Cambridge University Press

Transformations de la Gaule sous l’Empire romain : une culture de l’écrit au service de la production de masse (2023)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2023). Transformations de la Gaule sous l’Empire romain : une culture de l’écrit au service de la production de masse. In M. Coltelloni-Trannoy, & N. Moncunill Marti (Eds.), La culture de l'écrit en Méditerranée occidentale à travers les pratiques épigraphiques (Gaule, Ibérie, Afrique du Nord). Peeters

The rise of Rome brought with it the creation and spread of a culture of writing across Gaul. Another major transformation of the Roman period was the advent of mass production. These two developments coincided in the large potteries to produce local... Read More about Transformations de la Gaule sous l’Empire romain : une culture de l’écrit au service de la production de masse.

Voices of Roman Britain (2022)
Journal Article
MULLEN, A. (2022). Voices of Roman Britain. Omnibus (London), 83, 30-32

Roman Britain is often seen as a backwater. It offers us few standing remains to rival the likes of the Colosseum or the Pont standing remains to rival the likes of the Colosseum or the Pont du Gard; few of its protagonists get big billing in Roman h... Read More about Voices of Roman Britain.

Materializing epigraphy: archaeological and sociolinguistic approaches to Roman inscribed spindle whorls (2022)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2022). Materializing epigraphy: archaeological and sociolinguistic approaches to Roman inscribed spindle whorls. In E. H. Cousins (Ed.), Dynamic Epigraphy: New Approaches to Inscriptions. Oxbow

'Socio-literacy': an interdisciplinary approach to understanding literacy in the Roman North-West (2021)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2021). 'Socio-literacy': an interdisciplinary approach to understanding literacy in the Roman North-West. In Aprender la escritura, olvidar la escritura: nuevas perspectivas sobre la historia de la escritura en el Occidente romano (357-380). Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

Manual of Roman Everyday Writing. Volume 1, Scripts and Texts (2021)
Book
Mullen, A., & Bowman, A. (2021). Manual of Roman Everyday Writing. Volume 1, Scripts and Texts. LatinNow ePubs

Volume 1 describes the kinds of documents that are written in Latin cursive script and tabulates the main published collections and individual items of texts in cursive script from across the Roman world, ranging in provenance from northern England t... Read More about Manual of Roman Everyday Writing. Volume 1, Scripts and Texts.

Literary Translingualism in the Greek and Roman Worlds (2021)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A., & Bozia, E. (2021). Literary Translingualism in the Greek and Roman Worlds. In S. G. Kellman, & N. Lvovich (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Literary Translingualism. Routledge

Translingualism: a new spin on old material (2020)
Journal Article
MULLEN, A. (2020). Translingualism: a new spin on old material. Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents Newsletter, 25, 17-19

Gaulish language and epigraphic culture (2020)
Journal Article
Mullen, A., & Ruiz Darasse, C. (2020). Gaulish language and epigraphic culture. Palaeohispanica, 20, 749-783. https://doi.org/10.36707/palaeohispanica.v0i20.383

Gaulish is a language in the Celtic language family, documented in Gaul (France and surrounding territories) from around the 2nd century BC and through the Roman period. It is transmitted primarily in Greek (Gallo-Greek) and Latin (Gallo-Latin) scrip... Read More about Gaulish language and epigraphic culture.