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New Approaches to the Political & Military History of the Greek, Roman, and Late Roman Worlds

Sponsored by the APA Committee on Ancient History

Michael C. Alexander, Organizer

Scholarly innovation is often associated with new fields of study. This panel, however, outlines new approaches to two traditional fields of study within Greek and Roman history, fields that are still developing new methods and insights: 1) political and institutional (what used to be called “constitutional” history), and 2) military history. Three chronological and geographic areas will be covered: Greek, Roman, and Late Roman.

  1. Thomas J. Figueira, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Recent Studies on the Structure and Institutions of the Greek polis (15 mins.)
  2. Peter Hunt, University of Colorado at Boulder, Continuity, Ideology, & Culture in Recent Studies of Greek Land Warfare (15 mins.)
  3. Mary T. Boatwright, Duke University, New Approaches to Roman Institutional & Political History (15 mins.)
  4. Nathan Rosenstein, The Ohio State University, Recent Trends in Roman Military History (15 mins.)
  5. Michael Kulikowski, University of Tennessee–Knoxville, New Approaches to Late Roman Political History (15 mins.)
  6. Walter Kaegi, The University of Chicago, Reassessing Late Antique Warfare (15 mins.)
  7. Michele Renee Salzman, University of California, Riverside, Late Roman Respondent (10 mins.)

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