Location:
Ancient Mediterranean
William Vernon Harris, William R. Shepherd Professor of History, received his B.A., M.A. and D.Phil from Oxford University. His publications include
Restraining Rage: the Ideology of Anger Control in Classical Antiquity (2002);
Ancient Literacy (1989); and
War and Imperialism in Republican Rome (1979). The books he has edited include
The Transformations of Urbs Roma in Late Antiquity (1999);
Rethinking the Mediterranean (2004); and (with Giovanni Ruffini)
Ancient Alexandria between Egypt and Greece (2005). His current work is divided between economic history (he is contributingto the Cambridge Economic History of the Greek and Roman Worlds) and the studyof ancient dreams (a continuation of his interest in psychological aspects ofancient history). He is the Director of Columbia's
Center for the Ancient Mediterranean.
