JULIE BOTHOREL and FRÉDÉRIC HURLET (Eds), Le tirage au sort dans l’Antiquité: du monde grec à Rome (Histoire et épigraphie 6). Lyon: MOM éditions, 2025. Pp. 321; illus. isbn 9782356680884 (pbk): €50.00. 9782356681539 (ebook).

Key Points

• The volume aims to examine the role and implications of random selection in ancient societies, particularly in Greece and Rome.
• Compilation of essays from various scholars
• Analysis of historical texts and artifacts
• Comparative studies between Greek and Roman practices
• Insights into social and political systems through random selection
• Discussion of lottery methods in governance
• Examination of the impact of randomness on societal structure

Abstract