A. Personal:
Born 1 April 1943, Flint, Michigan
Present Address: Department of History
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio 43210
(614) 292-1949
B. Education:
The University of Michigan
A.B. (with distinction) history and classics 1963
A.M. history and classics 1965
Ph.D. history and Greek 1971
American School of Classical Studies at Athens 1967-68
American Numismatic Society Summer Seminar 1971
Dissertation: "The Urban Crowd in the Religious Controversies of the fifth Century A.D.," Paul J. Alexander and John W. Eadie, co-chairs
C. Employment:
The Ohio State University
Professor 1988-present
Associate Professor 1978-88
Assistant Professor 1972-78
American School of Classical Studies
Samuel H. Kress Professor of Hellenic Studies 1979-81
Francesco Petrarca College (Rome) Summer 1972
Pennsylvania State University Assistant Professor 1969-72
University of Michigan Lecturer 1968-69
Teaching Fellow 1965-67
D. Editorial Experience:
The Classical World
Assistant Editor, 1972-95
Editor, Scholia, 1974-95
Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, Editor for Byzantine Studies 1980-1984
Comparative Studies in Society and History, Editorial Assistant, 1965-67
E. Scholarship:
1. Books:
Isthmia V. The Hexamilion and the Fortress Princeton:
American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1993.
The Corinthia in the Roman Period, Editor. Supplement 8. Journal of Roman Archaeology, 1993.
Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Archaeology Editor.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
Nauplion. Athens: Lykebettos Press, 1980.
With John T. Davis, Mark P.O. Morford, and Charles L. Babcock, Aspects of Roman Civilization. Columbus: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, 1980.
Vox Populi: Violence and Popular Opinion in the Religious Controversies of the Fifth Century A.D. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1979.
With Anthony J. Podlecki, eds., Panathenaia. Studies in Athenian Life and Thought in the Classical Age. Lawrence Kansas: Coronado Press, 1979.
2. Articles:
"Zosimus 5.23 and the People of Constantinople," Byzantion 43 (1973) 61-83.
"The Gold Coinage of the Emperor Constantine VII," American Numismatic Society Museum Notes 19 (1974) 87-118.
"Novatianism: A Rigorist Sect in the Christian Roman Empire," Byzantine Studies/Etudes byzantines 2 (1975) 1-18.
"The Ekloga of Leo III and the Concept of Philanthropia," Vyzantina 7 (1975) 269-87.
"The Remarkable Christmas Homily of Kyros Panopolites," Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 16 (1975) 317-24.
"Wilamowitz on Roman Culture," The Classical World 71 (1978) 457-59.
"Roman Inscriptions from Aidepsos," Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 20 (1979) 255-77.
"The Late Roman Wall at Corinth," Hesperia 48 (1979) 264-80.
"The Political Program of Constantine Porphyrogenitus," Actes du XVe congrès international d'etudes byzantines IV (Athens 1980) [1985] 122-30.
"Urban Violence in Late Antiquity," in Ronald T. Marchese, Aspects of Graeco-Roman Urbanism. BAR Int. Ser. 188 (Oxford 1983) 137-161.
"Ohio Boeotia Expedition: Field Seasons 1979-1980," Teiresias Archaeologica 1980, 31-41.
"The Fortified Cities of Byzantine Greece," Archaeology 39 (1982) 14-21.
"Fortification and Urban Design in Early Byzantine Greece," in City, Town and Countryside in the Early Byzantine Era, ed. Robert L. Hohlfelder (East European Mongraphs 120, New York 1982) 43-64.
"The Ohio Boiotia Expedition Exploration of the Thisbe Basin," in Donald R. Keller and David W. Rupp, eds., Archaeological Survey in the Mediterranean Area. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 155 (Oxford 1983), 245-47.
"The Oracle at Delos in Late Antiquity," The Classical World 76 (1983) 290-91.
"The Byzantine Coins" and "The Byzantine Coins from Karadag," in James Morganstern, The Byzantine Church at Dereagzi and Its Decoration. Istanbuler Mitteilungen, Beiheft 29 (Tubingen 1983) 193-98, 204-05.
"Cities and Social Evolution in Roman and Byzantine South East Europe," in John Bintliff, ed., European Social Evolution. Archaeological Perspectives (Bradford 1984) 267-76.
"Julian and the Last Oracle at Delphi," Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 24 (1984) 355-66.
"The Roman Arch at Isthmia," with Harrianne Mills, Hesperia 53 (1984) 407-45.
"Byzantine Empire: History (330-1025)," Dictionary of the Middle Ages 2 (New York 1983) 481-91.
"Constantine I, the Great." Dictionary of the Middle Ages 3 (New York 1983) 545.
"Diporto: A Byzantine Maritime Settlement in the Gulf of Korinth," Deltion tis Christianikis Archaiologikis Etaireias 12 (1984) [1986] 287-304.
"An Early Byzantine Complex at Akra Sophia near Corinth," Hesperia 54 (1985) 411-28.
"The Survival of Paganism in Christian Greece: A Critical Essay," American Journal of Philology 107 (1986) 229-42.
"A Desert Island Survey in the Gulf of Corinth," Archaeology 39.3 (May/June 1986) 16-21.
"Circulation of Byzantine and Medieval Pottery in Southwestern Cyprus," in Western Cyprus Connections: An Archaeological Symposium, ed., David W. Rupp (Götingen 1987) 199-204.
"The Early Byzantine Fortifications of Nikopolis in Comparative Perspective, in Nikopolis I. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Nicopolis (Preveza 1987) 253-61.
"Canadian Palaipaphos (Cyprus) Survey Project: Third Preliminary Report 1983-1985," with David W. Rupp et al., Acta Archaeologica 57 (1986) 27-45.
"Canadian Palaepaphos Survey Project: Second Preliminary Report of the Ceramic Finds 1982-1983," with L.W. Sorensen, et. al, Report of the Department of Antiquities Cyprus 1987 259-78.
"Late Byzantine Pottery from Isthmia: New Evidence from the Korinthia," Recherches sur la céramique byzantine, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellenique, Supplement 18 (1989) 200-08.
"Survey of Akra Sophia," Archaiologikon Deltion 37 (1982 [1989]) 156-59.
"Intensive Survey and its Place in Byzantine Archaeology," Byzantine Studies/Etudes Byzantines 13,2 (1986 [1990]) 155-75.
"Geophysical and Surface Surveys in the Byzantine Fortress at Isthmia," with P. Nick Kardulias, Hesperia 59 (1990) 467-511.
"Archaeological Explorations in the Thisbe Basin," Boeotia Antiqua 2 (Amsterdam 1992) 17-34.
"Kastro and Diateichisma as Responses to Early Byzantine Frontier Collapse," Byzantion 62 (1992) 235-53.
"Local and Imported Medieval Pottery from Isthmia," in Sauro Gelichi, ed., La ceramica nel mondo bizantino tra XI e XV secolo e i suoi rapporti con l'Italia (Siena 1993) 283-306.
"Byzantine and Medieval Pottery," in Lone Wriedt Sorensen, ed., The Land of Paphian Aphrodite, 2 (Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology 104, Goteborg 1993) 157-76.
"Additional Pottery," "The Ancient and Byzantine Coins," and "Evidence of Habitation at Arap Yurdu, The Coins," in James Morganstern, ed., The Fort at Dereagzi (Istanbuler Forschungen 40: Tübingen 1993) 135-54; 169-71.
"An Early Byzantine (dark-age) Settlement at Isthmia: Preliminary Report," in T.E. Gregory, ed., The Corinthia in the Roman Period, Supplement 8. Journal of Roman Archaeology, 1993, 149-60.
"From Kleonai to Agios Vasilios. Journey through an Ancient Landscape," in P.N. Doukellis and L.G. Mendoni, eds., Structures rurales et sociétés antiques (Besancon 1994) 351-58
"Archaeology and Theoretical Considerations on the Transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages in the Aegean Area," in P. Nick Kardulias, ed., Beyond the Site. Regional Studies in the Aegean Area (Lanham, MD 1994) 137-59.
"Bronze Age and Late Antique Exploitation of an Islet in the Saronic Gulf, Greece," with P. Nick Kardulias and Jed Sawmiller, Journal of Field Archaeology 22 (1995) 3-21.
"A Late Medieval Sgraffito Bowl," Indiana University Art Museum Bulletin (forthcoming).
3. Reviews:
Erich Gruen, Imperialism in the Roman Republic, in The Classical World, 1971.
Francois Paschoud, ed. tr., Zosime. Histoire Nouvelle Tome I, in The Classical World, 1972.
Jan-Louis Van Dieten, Niketas Choniates. Erlauterungen zu den Reden und Briefen nebst einer Biographie, in Byzantine Studies/Etudes byzantines, 1973.
H.W. Haussig, A History of Byzantine Civilization, in The Classical World, 1973.
J.H.W.G. Liebeschuetz, Antioch. City and Imperial Administration in the Later Roman Empire, in The Classical World. 1973.
Arnold Toynbee, Constantine Porphyrogenitus and His World, in The Classical World, 1977.
Alain Ducellier, Le Drame de Byzance. Ideal et echec d'une societe chretienne, in The American Historical Review, 1977.
Johannes Koder and Friedrich Hild, Tabula Imperii Byzantini I. Hellas und Thessalia, in Speculum, 1977.
Alan Cameron, Circus Factions. Blues and Greens at Rome and Byzantium, in The American Historical Review, 1977.
Angeliki E. Laiou-Thomadakis, Peasant Society in the Late Byzantine Empire , in The American Historical Review, 1977.
Diana Bowder, The Age of Constantine and Julian, in The American Historical Review, 1980.
August Strobel, Das heilige Land der Montantisten: Eine religionsgeographische Untersuchung, in The American Historical Review, 1982.
Sabine G. MacCormack, Art and Ceremony in Late Antiquity, in The American Historical Review, 1982.
Andrew Lintott, Violence, Civil Strife and Revolution in the Classical City, in The American Journal of Philology, 1982.
B.A. Panagopoulos, Cistercian and Mendicant Monasteries in Medieval Greece and National Technical University, Churches in Greece, 1453-1850, in Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 1981.
Kenneth G. Holum, Theodosian Empresses, in The American Historical Review, 1984.
Lyn Rodley, Cave Monasteries of Byzantine Cappadocia, in The American Historical Review, 1989.
John M. Fossey, The Ancient Topography of Eastern Phokis, in Phoenix, 1989.
Martin Harrison, A Temple for Jerusalem. The Discovery and Excavation of Anicia Juliana's Palace-Church in Istanbul, in Journal of Field Archaeology, 1990.
4. Public Lectures and Papers Given at Professional Meetings:
"Violence as a Means of Popular Expression in the Later Roman Empire," Pacific Coast Branch, American Historical Association, September 1970.
"Novatianism--A Movement of Separatism in the Later Roman Empire? American Historical Association, December 1970.
"The Cities of Greece in the Later Roman Empire," Ohio Classical Conference, October 1973.
"Crime and the Humanization of Punishment in Eighth-Century Byzantium," Ohio Academy of History, April 1974.
"Economy and Society in Late Roman Corinth," Medieval Conference, Western Michigan University, May 1974.
"The Ekloga of Leo III and the Classical Tradition," American School of Classical Studies at Athens, January 1975.
"The Public Image of the Emperor Constantine VII," Medieval Conference, Western Michigan University, May 1976.
"The political Program of Constantine Porphyrogenitus," Fifteenth International Byzantine Congress, Athens, September 1976.
"Cities and Regions in Late Roman Greece: the Evidence of Hierokles," Northern Great Plains History Conference, October 1976.
"Some Thoughts on Violence in Early Byzantine Society," Byzantine Studies Conference, November 1976.
"The End of the Old Order: Alaric and the Invasion of Greece," Briarcliff Conference on Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, December 1976.
"The Emperor or the Scholar? Constantine Porphyrogenitus and the Historical Tradition," Panathenaia, Ohio State University, February 1977.
"Byzantium: Image and Reality of a Civilization between East and West," Ohio Wesleyan University Mediterranean Center, April 1977.
"Early Byzantine History: Some Problems and Prospects for Future Research," Medieval Conference, Western Michigan University, May 1977.
"Form, Function and Fortification in the Early Byzantine City," Mid-Atlantic States Conference on Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies, Villanova University, October 1977.
"Religious Violence: The Case of Bassianos and Stephanos, Bishops of Ephesos," Northern Great Plains History Conference, October 1977.
"Continuity and Change in the Fifth-Century Eastern Empire," American Historical Association, December 1977.
"Christian Views of Islam: The Byzantine Background," Social Science Research Council Regional Seminar on Inter-Communal Relations in the Traditional Middle East, October 1978.
"Fortification of the Cities of Greece in Late Antiquity," Archaeological Institute of America, December 1978.
"Aidepsos, Hierokles, and the Internal Organization of the Later Roman Empire," American Philological Association, December 1978.
"Continuity and Change in Early Byzantine Greece," Panathenaia, Ohio State University, February 1979.
"Changing Land Use Patterns in Early Byzantine Greece," Joint Meeting, Modern Greek Studies Association/American Philological Association, December 1979.
"The Ohio Boeotia Expedition Survey of the Thisbe Basin, 1979," Archaeological Institute of America, December 1979.
"New Light on the Byzantine Dark Ages," American School of Clascal Studies, June 1980.
"The Pagan Resistance in Early Christian Greece," American Philological Association, December 1980.
"`Isles of Refuge' in Early Byzantine Greece," Archaeological Institute of America, December 1980.
"Ancient Popular Aesthetics: Rome," Popular Culture Association, April 1982.
"Romantic Hellenism and Pagan Survival in Byzantine Greece," Byzantine Studies Conference, October 1982.
"Julian and the Last Oracle at Delphi," American Philological Association, December 1982.
"Diporto: A Byzantine Maritime Settlement in the Gulf of Corinth," Archaeological Institute of America, December 1982.
"The Christian Asklepieion," Byzantine Studies Conference, November 1983.
"The Mechanisms of the Survival of Paganism in Late Antiquity," Joint Session, American Philological Association/Modern Greek Studies Association, 1983.
"The Fortifications of Nikopolis in Comparative Perspective," First International Symposium on Nikopolis, September 1984.
"The Ohio Boeotia Expedition Field Season, 1984," Ohio Classical Conference, October 1984.
"The Hexamilion and the Fortress at Isthmia," Byzantine Studies Conference, November 1984.
"Greek Manuscripts from the Hilandar Monastery on Mt. Athos: A Preliminary Study." Modern Greek Studies Association, November 1985.
"The Roman Arch at Isthmia," with Harrianne Mills, Archaeological Institute of America, December 1984.
"Greek Manuscripts from the Hilandar Monastery on Mt. Athos: A Preliminary Study." Modern Greek Studies Association, November 1985.
"Geophysical Explorations at Isthmia," Archaeological Institute of America, December 1985.
"Circulation of Byzantine and Mediaeval Pottery in Southwestern Cyprus," Western Cyprus: Connections. An Archaeological Symposium at Brock University, March 1986.
"Early Byzantine Urban Life: The View from the Korinthia." 17th International Byzantine Congress, August 1986.
"Beyond Ostrogorsky: Consideration of an Interdisciplinary Text on Byzantine Civilization," Byzantine Studies Conference, Philadelphia, October 1986.
"The Fortress at Isthmia in Late Antiquity," Archaeological Institute of America, December 1986
"Late Byzantine Pottery from Isthmia: New Evidence from the Korinthia," International Conference on Byzantine Pottery, French School of Archaeology, Athens, April 1987.
"Waiting for the Barbarians: Kastron and Diateichisma as Responses to Early Byzantine Frontier Collapse," Ancient Society and War Symposium, The Ohio State University, February 1988.
"Taphe Gynaikon: Female Burials in the Byzantine Fortress at Isthmia," with Myra Giesen, Byzantine Studies Conference, Baltimore, October 1990.
"The Changing Face of the Korinthia in the Years of the Revolution, 1821-30," The Peloponnesos in the Revolution of 1821, Monemvasia, Greece, July 1993.
"The Korinthia under the Palaiologoi: Archaeological and Historical Considerations," Byzantine Studies Conference, Princeton, November 1993.
5. Work in Progress:
Publication of the Roman Bath at Isthmia
Preparation of a synthetic work on the archaeology and society of the Early Byzantine period in Cyprus
Publication of deposits of Middle Byzantine pottery, Agora Excavations.
Direction and publication of the findings of the Ohio Boeotia Expedition survey of the Thisbe Basin, Greece.
A study of the geographical history of Greece in the later Roman period, a large-scale multi-disciplinary project.
F. Teaching:
1. Publications:
Three half-hour audio-tutorial units on Roman history, produced for NEH and published by Charles E. Merrill Company.
2. Presentations on Pedagogy and Media:
"Argolis: A Study of Place and Time in Southern Greece," American Philological Association, December 1974.
"Audio-Tutorial Materials in Classical Civilization," Great Lakes History Conference, April 1978.
"Argolis: Filmmaker and Historian in the Classroom," Ohio Academy of History, April 1978.
"Argolis: A Study of Place and Time in Southern Greece," Wright State University, May 1978.
"Self-Instructional Materials in Roman History," Northern Great Lakes History Conference, October 1978.
3. Awards:
Nomination for Outstanding Teaching Award, Ohio State University, 1979, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994
4. Special Programs:
Director, NEH Summer Seminar on "Greece in the Middle Ages: Emergence of the Byzantine Tradition," American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1980;
"Archaeology and Ancient History," 1991, Isthmia;
"Archaeology in a Greek Context: Theory and Practice," 1994. Isthmia
Participant in Archaeological Institute of America Visiting Lecturer Program, 1983-95.
Director, "An Evening in Byzantium, "Dramatic Educational Presentation on Byzantine Civilization, given in 20 cities, 1984-88.
G. Awards and Recognition:
Philipps Classical Prize, University of Michigan, 1962
American Numismatic Society Summer Fellowship, 1971
Gennadius Fellowship, American School, Athens, 1974-75
National Geographic Society Research Grant, 1974-75 ($4000)
Ohio State University Research Grants, 1976, 1979
National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminar, 1980 ($44,000)
National Endowment for the Humanities Research Grant for the Ohio
Boeotia Expedition, 1979-81 ($64,000)
European Science Foundation, grant for a survey of the Corinthia, 1980 (6000 FF)
Ohio Humanities Council, Grant for "An Evening in Byzantium." 1984,
1985-86 ($6000 each)
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar, "Archaeology and Ancient History," 1991
Ohio Humanities Council, grant for conference on "The Corinthia in the Roman Empire." 1991 ($3500)
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar, "Archaeology in a Greek Context: Theory and Practice," 1994 ($80,000)
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship at the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute, 1994-95
FIPSE Grant, US Department of Education and European Union, for Cultural Landscapes, 1996-99
H. Memberships and Professional Offices:
American Philological Association
Archaeological Institute of America
Columbus Society
Vice President 1982-84
Secretary 1984-86, 1988-89
President 1986-88
Membership Program Committee
Academic Trustee 1988-94
Chair, Program Committee, 1988-90
Co-Chair, Professional Responsibilities Committee, 1992-94
Association of Ancient Historians
Byzantine Studies Conference:
Governing Board 1977-81
Program Chair 1978, 1985
President 1978-79
Local Arrangements Chair 1987
American Numismatic Society
American School of Classical Studies
Alumni Council 1979-83
Gennadius Committee 1974-78, 1985-89, 1993--96
Managing Committee 1992-
I. Fieldwork:
1972 Independent survey, Argolis, Greece
1974-75 Agora Excavations, Athens, Late Roman Pottery
1974-75 Macro-survey of the Cities of the Provine of Achaia,
(continued in subsequent years)
1975, 1985 Argolid Exploration Project, Byzantine Pottery
1975 Minnesota Messenia Expedition, Consultant, Late
Roman and Byzantine Pottery and Settlement
1976 Agora Excavations, Athens, Byzantine Pottery
1976 Corinth Excavations, Late Roman Topography; urban
survey
1977 Corinth Excavations, Late Roman pottery
and urban survey
1978 Sardis Excavations, Turkey, Consultant, Late
Roma and Byzantine Pottery
1978 Agora Excavations, Athens, Byzantine pottery
1978 Pilot Survey, northern Euboia
1978 Preliminary Survey, Spetsai and Saronic
Islands (in cooperation with the Argolid
Exploration Project)
1979-84 Ohio Boeotia Expedition (Survey), Director
1980 Isthmia Excavations, Trench Supervisor
1980-87 Isthmia Excavations, Co-Director
1984, 1986 Canadian Palaipaphos Survey Project, Byzantine
Pottery
1985-86 Isthmia Excavations, Director, Remote Sensing Project
1988 Corinth Excavations, Trench Supervisor
1989 University of Chicago Excavations at Isthmia, Trench Supervisor
1993- Athienou-Malloura Archaeological Project (Cyprus), Ceramic
Specialist
1995- Sydney Cyprus Survey Project, Ceramic Specialist
1987- Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia, Director