Professor Timothy E. Gregory; A.B., A.M., Ph.D., (born c. 1951) is an American historian and scholar, specializing in the Byzantine empire

Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State...

 and classical archaeology. He has authored or co-authored numerous high-profile books on Byzantine topics and Christianity in the early period.

Background and field of expertise

He graduated with a Ph. D in 1972 from the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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 where he studied under Byzantine historian Paul Alexander

Paul Alexander

Paul Alexander is an American writer, playwright and stage director. He has published eight books, authored critically praised plays and directed plays as well as a documentary film...

 and Roman historian John W. Eadie. He joined the Ohio State University

Ohio State University

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 in 1978, where he has taught in the Department of History ever since. He is fluent in Greek.

Gregory was one of several notable scholars who in the 1970s were of vital influence into the evolution of the studying of the Late Antiquity

Late Antiquity

Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the time of transition from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world. Precise boundaries for the period are a matter of debate, but noted historian of the period Peter Brown proposed...

 period, drawing on complex early texts and analysing them in detail and publishing his findings. He has conducted detailed research into early Christanity, numismatics, epigraphy and wider socio-economic customs and many others during this period, covering Ancient Rome, Greece and Turkey. Gregory has also served as director of The Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia

Isthmia

Isthmia is a noun meaning "of the isthmus"It may refer to:* The ancient Isthmian Games* The archaeological site related to the Games, including the Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia* The modern village of Isthmia...

 and Co-Director of the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey.

Publications

One of his earliest books, Vox Populi, first published in 1979, explores religious tension and violence in the 5th century in Ancient Greece and the Middle East. Other notable books include Panathenaia: studies in Athenian life and thought in the classical age (1979), A social history of Philippi in the first century (1988), The soteriology of Clement of Rome within the intellectual matrix (1988), Archaeology and oligarchy at Isthmia (1989), The early Byzantine empresses and the Orthodox Church (1990), The sanctuary at Epidauros and cult-based networking in the Greek world of the fourth century B.C. (1992) and Greek and Indian mercantile communities of the diaspora (1993), Hellenic religion and Christianization, c. 370-529, (2001) and The Lives of Peter the Iberian, Theodosius of Jerusalem (2008). In 2005 he first published an important general history work entitled A History of Byzantium, published in its second edition in 2010. His articles related to Ancient Rome and Greece have also been published in notable publications ; of major note was his essay, Survival of Paganism in Christian Greece: A Critical Essay, published in 1986 by the American Journal of Philology

American Journal of Philology

The American Journal of Philology is a quarterly academic journal established in 1880 by the classical scholar Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. It covers the field of philology, and related areas of classical literature, linguistics, history, philosophy,...

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