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Use when targeting The Journal of Roman Studies (JRS) or deciding whether a Roman history, archaeology, epigraphy, literature, or material-culture manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's Roman-world fit, the primary-evidence argument bar, epigraphic/archaeological and original-language expectations, classics house style and anonymization norms, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.

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# The Journal of Roman Studies (the-journal-of-roman-studies)

## Journal positioning

The Journal of Roman Studies, published by Cambridge University Press for the Society for
the Promotion of Roman Studies, is the leading journal for the study of the Roman world —
its history, archaeology, epigraphy, numismatics, literature, art, and material culture
from the early Republic through Late Antiquity. Its defining expectation is an **argument
built directly on primary evidence** — texts, inscriptions, coins, excavated material, or
documents — that advances understanding of Roman society, institutions, culture, or its
sources, with significance legible across the field of Roman studies rather than to one
narrow specialism. A descriptive catalogue with no argument, or a thesis floating above its
evidence, is a poor fit. This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** aid. It
does not replace the journal's current submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check
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