Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies
College of Human Sciences |
School of Humanities |
Department: Biblical and Ancient Studies |
Research Fellow
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E-mail: |
syracuserje@gmail.com
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Fields of academic interests
- Ancient Greek and Roman History
- Classical Languages
Field of Specialisation
- Ancient Sicily and Magna Graecia
- Roman Republic and Early Empire
- Ancient Pergamum
- Battlefields in Antiquity
Books
Books and book chapters:
Author:
- Roman Conquests: Asia Minor, Syria and Armenia (2011)
- A History of Pergamum: Beyond Hellenistic Kingdom (2012)
- Fields of Death: Retracing Ancient Battlefields (2013)
- Fields of Battle: Retracing Ancient Battlefields (2015)
- Ancient Syracuse: From Foundation to Fourth Century Crisis (2016)
Editor:
- Mass and Elite in the Greek and Roman Worlds: From Sparta to Late Antiquity (2017)
- Prophets and Profits: Ancient Divination and its Reception (2018)
Journal articles
- ‘The Capture of Sybaris (510 BC) and the Siege of Mantinea (386/5 BC): History Repeating Itself?’ Acta Classica 57 (2014) 225-232.
- ‘South Africa’s Changing Linguistic Frontiers: Latin Mottoes in Schools and Universities,’ Language Matters 46 (2015) 139-156.
- ‘Pompey’s Three Consulships: The End of Electoral Competition in the Late Roman Republic?’ Acta Classica 59 (2016) 80-100.
- ‘Herodotus and the Missing Sphinx,’ Journal for Semitics 25 (2016) 15-32.
- ‘Livy on Mass and Elite Interaction in Syracuse in 214 BC: Libertas, Multitudo, Uxores,’ in (ed. R. Evans) Mass and Elite in the Greek and Roman Worlds: From Sparta to Late Antiquity, London (2017) 49-61 = Acta Classica Supplement 7
- ‘Was Didyma (Branchidae) a False Oracle?’ in (ed. R. Evans) Prophets and Profits: Ancient Divination and its Reception, London (2018) 16-30 = Acta Classica Supplement 9
- ‘The Misleading Representation of Dion as Philosopher-General in Plutarch’s Life,’ forthcoming in (ed.) P.R. Bosman, Intellectual and Empire in Graeco-Roman Antiquity, London (2018) 102-115 = Acta Classica Supplement 8
Projects
- Volume: Piracy, Pillage and Plunder in Antiquity: Appropriation and the Ancient World (co-editor with M. de Marre in progress)
- Volume: The Art of Generalship from Early to Late Antiquity (co-editor with S. Tougher in progress)