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Department ofClassics

Carolynn Roncaglia

Carolynn Roncaglia

Associate Professor

Curriculum Vitae (CV)


Born in Santa Clara and raised in the Tidewater region of Virginia, Carolynn E. Roncaglia completed a B.A. in History and Classics at the University of Virginia in 2003 and a Ph.D. in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of California, Berkeley in 2009. She teaches courses on the archaeology, history, religions, and cultures of the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East. Her research interests include Roman history, Greek and Latin epigraphy, Hellenistic history, and ancient Italy. She is the author of Northern Italy in the Roman World (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018) and co-author of The Julian Basilica: Architecture, Sculpture, and Epigraphy (American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2022) and has published articles on Pliny the Younger, the Cottian dynasty, and the emperor Claudius.

Courses Taught

CLAS 5: Ancient Mediterranean Religious Traditions (RTC 1)
CLAS 11A-12A: Ancient Spaces (C&I 1-2)
CLAS 61: Ancient Empires (C&I 3)
CLAS 110: Roman Republic (CE)
CLAS 111: Roman Empire (SS)
CLAS 116: Greek Art and Architecture
CLAS 125/126: Cicero (SL)
CLAS 134: Roman Letters (Pliny the Younger) (SL)
CLAS 140: Special Topics in Latin Prose (Age of Caesar) (SL)
CLAS 144: Heretics and Holy War (RTC 3)
CLAS 154: Herodotus (SL)
CLAS 160: Plutarch (SL)
CLAS 170: Special Topics in Greek Prose (Thucydides) (SL)
CLAS 171: Ancient Science and Technology (STS)

In the News

November 6, 2023

Carolynn Roncaglia reviewed "Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World" by Mary Beard in Current.