title: Richard Duncan-Jones
text: # Richard Duncan-Jones
  
  Richard Phare Duncan-Jones, FBA, FSA (born 14 September 1937) is a British historian of the ancient world who specialises in Roman economy and society.
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  Duncan-Jones is the son of philosopher Austin and playwright and literary scholar Elsie Duncan-Jones; his sister is the Shakespeare scholar Katherine Duncan-Jones. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and King's College, Cambridge (BA 1959, MA 1963, PhD 1965).
  
  ## Career
  
  In 1963, he was elected a fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University. He was a college lecturer in classics and is a Life Fellow of the college.
  
  ## Works
  
  * The economy of the Roman Empire (1974)
  * Structure and scale in the Roman economy (1990)
  * Money and government in the Roman Empire (1994)
  * Power and privilege in Roman society (2016)
  