The journal was originally published by the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan and was favorably received.

[4] It is an international journal printing contributions in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish; specializing in synthetic articles and in long reviews.

Within three years of its inception in 1988, it was reviewed as a key publication for all Roman archaeologists, except 'those whose interests are decidedly parochial.

It is Mediterranean-wide in its coverage and does not give priority to any particular geographical regions within the Roman world.

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