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Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

  • Welcome
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    • Hugh Elton
    • George Kovacs
    • Richard Last
    • Rodney D. Fitzsimons
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    • Kathy Axcell
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Faculty Achievements

Recent Publications

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Conference Papers and Invited Lectures

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Recent Publications (since 2011)

Greatrex, G. and ELTON, H., eds., Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity(Farnham: Ashgate, 2015)

Haldon, J.  ELTON, H. and Newhard, J., ‘Euchaita’, in Steadman, S. and McMahan, G., eds., The Archaeology of Anatolia: Current Work(Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2015), 332-355

ELTON, H., “Olive Oil and Wine Production in Isauria: Results from the Göksu Archaeological Project in Turkey”, in Diler, A. Şenol, K. and Aydınoğlu, Ü., eds., Olive Oil and Wine Production in the Eastern Mediterranean during Antiquity (Izmir, 2015), 41-50

ELTON, H., “Military Developments in the Fifth Century”, in Maas, M., ed., Cambridge Companion to the Age of Attila (Cambridge: CUP, 2015), 125-139.

KOVACS, G. 2015. “Moral and Mortal in Star Trek: The Original Series,” in Classical Traditions in Science Fiction, eds. B. Rogers and B. Stevens (Oxford: Oxford University Press).

KOVACS, G. and C.W. Marshall, eds. 2015. Son of Classics and Comics. (Oxford: Oxford University Press).

KOVACS, G.. “Performance,” “Actors and Acting,” “Actors’ Interpolations,” and “Reception of Euripides,” in The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Greek Tragedy, ed. H. Roismann (Malden: Wiley Blackwell, 2014).

ELTON, H., “Writing the Histories of Romans and Arabs in the Fifth-Century Roman East”, in Dijkstra, J. and Fisher, G. eds., Inside and Outside: Views of the Late Roman Empire (Peeters, 2014), 233-245.

ELTON, H., Haldon, J., et al., “The climate and environment of Byzantine Anatolia:   integrating science, history and archaeology”, Journal of Interdisciplinary History 45.2 (2014), 113-161

E. Baysal, E. and ELTON, H., , “A tomb with a view: the rock-cut cemetery at Alahan in Isauria”, Adalya 17 (2014), 181-208.

ELTON, H., “Historical evidence for Zeugma in light of the results of the 2000 Excavation”, in Aylward, W., ed., Zeugma 2000: Rescue Excavations. (Los Altos: The Packard Humanities Institute, 2013), vol. 3. 375-380.

ELTON, H., “Imperial Campaigning from Diocletian to Honorius”, in Sarantis, A. and Christie, N. eds., War and Warfare in Late Antiquity: Current Perspectives (Late Antique Archaeology 8) (Leiden 2013), vol. 2. 655-682.

ELTON, H., “Late Roman Churches in the Göksu Valley”, in Hoff, M. and Townsend, R., eds., Rough Cilicia: New Archaeological and Historical Approaches (Oxford: Oxbow, 2013), 225-238.

KOVACS, G. 2012. “Iphigenia at Aulis,” and “Wasps,” in The Literary Encyclopedia, ed. J. Burgess [www.litencyc.com].

Marshall, C.W. and G. KOVACS, eds. 2012. No Laughing Matter: Studies in Athenian Comedy (London: Bristol Classical Press).

ELTON, H., “Avkat Arkeoloji Projesi, 2007-2009” (with John Haldon, Jim Newhard, and Peter Bikoulis), 2. Çorum Kazı ve Araştırmalar Sempozyum (Çorum, 2012), 203-217.

KOVACS, G. and C.W. Marshall, eds. 2011. Classics and Comics (New York: Oxford University Press).


Forthcoming Publications

COOK, R. J. Forthcoming. “Shādūf,” in Encyclopedia of Ancient History, eds. R. S. Bagnall, K. Broderson, C. B. Champion, A. Erskine, S. R. Huebner, Oxford.

COOK, R. J. and N. Litinas. Forthcoming. “A Fifth Century Receipt for the Delivery of Wheat from Karanis (P.Mich. inv. 4604),” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete (submitted).

KOVACS, G. Forthcoming. “Truth, Justice, and the Spartan Way: Freedom and Democracy in Frank Miller’s 300,” in Classics in the Modern World: A Democratic Turn? eds. L. Hardwick and S. Harrison (Oxford: Oxford University Press).

KOVACS, G. Forthcoming. “Stringed Instruments in Fifth-Century Drama,” in Performance in Greek and Roman Tragedy, eds. G. Harrison and V. Liapis (Leiden: E.J. Brill).


Conference Papers and Invited Lectures (since 2011)

ELTON, H., October 2015. “Alahan and fieldwork in Turkey”, Cilicia Day, workshop at University of Aarhus, Denmark.

ELTON, H., October 2015. “Changing Patterns of Urbanization in Roman Isauria”, Turk Tarih Kurumu conference, Muğla, Turkey.

ELTON, H., October 2015. “Siege Warfare in Late Antiquity”, AIA-Canadian War Museum, Ottawa.

ELTON, H., February 2013. “The Late Roman Army and the Huns”, Carleton University

ELTON, H. 2012, October 12. "Writing the Histories of Romans and Arabs in the Late Roman East," to be presented at Inside and Out: Interactions between Rome and the Peoples on the Arabian and Egyptian Frontier in Late Antiquity, University of Ottawa & Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

COOK, R. J. 2012, March 22. “Archaeology, History, and Water: Reinterpreting the Graeco-Roman Irrigation System of the Fayum (Egypt),” Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

ELTON, H. 2011, July. "Avkat Archaeological Project," presented at Avkat Colloquium, Istanbul, Turkey.

ELTON, H. 2011, June 23. "Making Emperors in the Eastern Roman Empire in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries," presented at Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity IX, Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

COOK, R. J. 2011, April 21. “Reinterpreting the Graeco-Roman Irrigation System of the Fayum (Egypt),” Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, U.S.A.

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  • Kathy Axcell

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