Geoffrey B. Greatrex

Geoffrey B. Greatrex (born November 15, 1968 in Ottawa ) is a Canadian ancient historian .

Greatrex, who received his doctorate in 1994 from Oxford with a thesis on Procopius and the Persian Wars , teaches as an Associate Professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario .

Greatrex is a proven expert on late antique military history and Roman - Sassanid relations (especially in the 5th and 6th centuries). He has written several important essays and monographs on the military conflicts and cultural contacts between these two ancient great powers. In addition, Greatrex, together with Samuel NC Lieu, published an important source book in 2002, in which key source excerpts have been collected in English translation, including a commentary and introductory explanations ( The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars: 363–628 AD. A narrative Sourcebook ) . Late antique historiography (and in particular Prokopios of Caesarea ) is also a field of activity of Greatrex. He was also President of the Canadian Esperanto Society from 2004 to the end of 2005 .

A selection of important publications

• Procopius and the Persian Wars (dissertation, online here )
• Rome and Persia at war, 502-532 (= Arca. Vol. 37). Cairns, Leeds 1998, ISBN 0-905205-93-6 , review (Bryn Mawr Classical Review) .
• Justin I and the Arians. In: Studia Patristica. Vol. 34, 2001, ZDB -ID 223688-6 , pp. 73-81.
• Lawyers and Historians in Late Antiquity. In: Ralph W. Mathisen (Ed.): Law, Society and Authority in Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 2001, ISBN 0-19-924032-9 , pp. 148-161.
• with Samuel NC Lieu: The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars. Part 2: AD 363-630. A narrative sourcebook. Routledge, London et al. 2002, ISBN 0-415-14687-9 , review (Plekos) .
• Recent work on Procopius and the Composition Wars VIII. In: Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies. Vol. 27, 2003, pp. 45-67, doi : 10.1179 / byz.2003.27.1.45 .
• Khusro II and the Christians of his empire. In: Journal of the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies. Vol. 3, 2003, ZDB -ID 2128652-8 , pp. 78-88.
• Byzantium and the East in the Sixth Century. In: Michael Maas (Ed.): The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2005, ISBN 0-521-81746-3 , pp. 477-509, review (Bryn Mawr Classical Review) ; Meeting (points of view) .
• The Chronicle of Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor. Church and War in Late Antiquity ( Translated Texts for Historians. Vol. 55). Liverpool University Press, Liverpool 2011, ISBN 978-1-84631-494-0 .
• Several articles for De Imperatoribus Romanis
• Reviews for The Bryn Mawr Classical Review and The Medieval Review

Web links

• Homepage of Prof. Greatrex (with many helpful links)