Adrian Goldsworthy

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Adrian Goldsworthy, 2016

Adrian Keith Goldsworthy (* 1969 ) is a British military historian . He mainly writes on the history of the Roman Empire .

Goldsworthy attended Westbourne House School in Penarth, Wales . After studying the Old and Modern History at St John's College in Oxford , he was in 1994 by the University of Oxford for the D. Phil. PhD . His dissertation on the military history of antiquity formed the basis of his first book, The Roman Army at War 100 BC - AD 200 (The Roman Army in War 100 BC - 200 AD) .

Goldsworthy then worked for two years as a fellow at Cardiff University , briefly taught at King's College London and was then assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, USA, for six years . Although he was a specialist in Roman history, he also held a seminar on the military history of World War II . He said that while he appreciated teaching, he preferred writing, he has now devoted himself entirely to writing textbooks.

Goldsworthy often appears as an expert in documentation on the History Channel . He also is an expert in re-enactment - Game Shows available, where he battles commented the groups involved.

Fonts (selection)

  • The Roman Army at War. 100 BC - AD 200. Clarendon Press, Oxford et al. 1996, ISBN 0-19-815057-1 (also: Oxford, University, dissertation).
  • Roman Warfare. Cassell, London 2000, ISBN 0-304-35265-9 .
  • The Punic Wars. Cassell, London 2000, ISBN 0-304-35284-5 . (New edition: The Fall of Carthage. The Punic Wars 265-146 BC. Cassell, London 2003, ISBN 0-304-36642-0 ).
  • Cannae (= Cassell's Fields of Battle. ). Cassell, London 2001, ISBN 0-304-35714-6 .
  • In the Name of Rome. The Men Who Won the Roman Empire. Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London 2003, ISBN 0-297-84666-3 .
  • The Complete Roman Army. Thames & Hudson, 2003, ISBN 0-500-05124-0 (In German: Die Legionen Roms. The great manual for the instrument of power of a thousand-year-old world empire. Translated from the English by Udo Rennert. Two thousand and one, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-86150 -515-0 ).
  • Caesar. The Life of a Colossus. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2006, ISBN 0-297-84620-5 .
  • The Fall of the West. The Slow Death of the Roman Superpower. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2009, ISBN 978-0-297-84563-8 (US edition as: How Rome Fell. Death of a Superpower. Yale University Press, New Haven CT 2009, ISBN 978-0-300-13719- 4 ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Goldsworthy's website .

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Goldsworthy, Adrian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British military historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1969