Brent Shaw

Brent Shaw

Brent D. Shaw is a historian who teaches ancient history at Princeton University.

Shaw earned his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Alberta in 1968 and 1971, respectively, and then later his Ph.D. from Cambridge University in 1978.

Specializing in Roman history, religion and material culture, Shaw's books include "Spartacus and the Slave Wars: A Brief History with Documents" (2001); and Variorum editions of "Environment and Society in Roman North Africa" and "Rulers, Nomads and Christians in Roman North Africa", published in 1995. While visiting at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, he wrote the following article for "The New Republic", July 18, 1994, pages 33-41: [http://www.learnedhand.com/shaw_boswell.htm A Groom of One's Own?] which reviews the book "Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe" by John Boswell (Villard Books).

Bibliography

*"Environment and Society in Roman North Africa: Studies in History and Archaeology", Brent D. Shaw. Collected Studies Series; Aldershot: Variorum, 1995. xii, 271 pp. [http://www.library.arizona.edu/ej/jpe/volume_4/stirlingvol4.htm Review]
*"Ancient Slavery & Modern Ideology by Moses" I. Finley (Author), Brent D. Shaw (Editor), 1998. ISBN 1-55876-171-3
*"Spartacus and the Slave Wars" (Bedford Series in History and Culture) by Brent D. Shaw, 2001. ISBN 0-312-23703-0

External links

* [http://www.princeton.edu/~bshaw/ Brent Shaw] official homepage, hosted by princeton.edu


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