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J. E. Lendon

William W. Corcoran Professor of History
Address/Office Hours
Nau Hall 496/On Leave
CV
Lendon_CV_2023.pdf (749.87 KB)
Fields/Specialties
Greek History
Roman History

Education

B.A. Yale 1986
Ph.D. Yale 1991

Publications

That Tyrant, Persuasion.  How Rhetoric Shaped the Roman World.  Princeton:  Princeton University Press, 2022.

Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins. New York: Basic Books, 2010

Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2005.

Empire of Honour: The Art of Government in the Roman World. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997.

Research

Admission to the Ph.D. Program in Ancient History and further details

Awards and Honors

2014-2015 Membership, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.

2009-2010 Research Fellowship, Gerda Henkel Stiftung.

2004-2005, 2008 Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

2002 UVA All-University Outstanding Teaching Award.

1999-2000 Junior Fellowship, Center for Hellenic Studies.

1992-1993 John M. Olin Faculty Fellow in History.