At the end of the second century BCE, the Mediterranean world contained myriad, diverse political communities and cultures. Over the following two centuries, these cultures were confronted by emergence of a coherent, centralised administration established by the pre-eminent imperial power of the age: Rome. My research focuses on how these local cultures evolved in contact with the imperial ideologies which underpinned Roman power, and the impact of the turbulent political transition at the imperial centre from Republic to Empire.
As such, I am happy to supervise theses on a range of topics relating to the ancient world. I am especially interested in political aspects of the Roman Republic and Empire, provincial institutions (especially of the Greek-speaking Eastern Mediterranean), the effects of the Roman civil wars of the first century BCE in context, and the role of allies in Greco-Roman empires. Feel free to get in touch to discuss potential research projects if you are interested in these themes.