Geoff Adams - School of Historical Studies Staff

Personal History

I began my studies at the University of Queensland, where I completed my undergraduate studies in Ancient History, Archaeology and Philosophy and continued there until I completed a Research Master of Arts in Ancient History in 2000. I then initially undertook my doctoral studies in 2001 at the University of Melbourne, which was completed at the University of Adelaide in 2005. In 2004 I commenced teaching as an Associate Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of New England, which continued until the end of 2006. I began teaching as Assistant Lecturer in Archaeology and Ancient History at Monash University in 2007.

Current Research

Currently I am working on several research projects. Most recently I have been in the process of writing a commentary on the Life of Marcus Aurelius in the Historia Augusta. There is also a co-authored book with Rebecca Wassenberg from the University of New England in the final stages of production (titled Romano-British Tombstones between the 1st and 3rd Centuries AD: Epigraphy, Gender and Familial Relations) and this should be released with Archaeopress, in the British Archaeological Reports, British Series by the second half of the 2007. I am also currently writing a biography on the Hellenistic ruler, Pyrrhus of Epirus.

Major Publications

Books
Caligula: the Hellenistic Views of a Roman Emperor, BrownWalker Press: Boca Raton, 2007. ISBN 1 59942 423 1.

The Suburban Villas of Campania and their Social Function, Archaeopress, Oxford, 2006, BAR - S1542, 2006. ISBN 1 84171 974 9.

Romano-Celitc Élites and their Religion, Caeros, Armidale, 2005. ISBN 13: 978 0 9758445 0 9.

Refereed Articles
"The social and cultural implications of curse tablets [defixiones] in Britain and on the Continent", Studia Humaniora Tartuensia 7.A.5, 2006, http://www.ut.ee/klassik/sht/2006/adams2.pdf

"The Social and Spatial Analysis of Romano-British Villas: four case-studies from Gloucestershire", Anistoriton 10, 2006, http://www.anistor.co.hol.gr/index.htm.

"Suetonius and his Treatment of the Emperor Domitian's Favourable Accomplishments", Studia Humaniora Tartuensia 6.A.3, 2005, http://www.ut.ee/klassik/sht/2005/adams1.pdf

"Domitian's religious motivation for constructing some temples",Anistoriton 8, 2004, http://www.anistor.co.hol.gr/index.htm

"Was there a connection between rural Romano-Celtic temples and Romanised villas? Lydney Temple and the Chesters Villa", The New Regard of the Forest of Dean 19, 2004, pp. 59-61.

"The Connection between Romano-Celtic Temples and Rural Romanised Villas in Britain: an Examination of Some Possible Sites in Gloucestershire", Journal of Ancient Civilisations 18, 2003, pp. 113-122.

"The Role of Villa Owners in the Romanisation of the Native Religion in Britain: Chedworth Roman Villa", Anistoriton 7, 2003, http://www.anistor.co.hol.gr/english/enback/p031.htm

Areas of Research & Supervision

Roman Britain, Roman Villas, The Archaeology of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae, Roman Imperial History and Biography, Hellenistic Kingship and Romanisation.

Teaching

AAH1010 - Ancient Civilisations 1
AAH1020 - Ancient Civilisations 2
AAH2/3250 - The archaeology of the Roman Mediterranean