Dr Paul Burton
Areas of expertise
- International Relations 160607
- Classical Greek And Roman History 210306
Research interests
Roman history of the middle and late Republican periods
Roman imperialism and diplomacy
The Classical tradition
Biography
Paul Burton is the author of Rome and the Third Macedonian War (Cambridge, 2017), Friendship and Empire: Roman Diplomacy and Imperialism in the Middle Republic (353 - 146 BC) (Cambridge, 2011) and editor of Culture, Identity and Politics: Papers from a Conference in Honour of Erich Gruen (Antichthon 37 [2013). He has published numerous articles and chapters on Roman foreign policy, diplomacy and imperialism, ancient international law, and the Classical tradition. He has taught at Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC, USA), Allegheny College (Meadville, PA, USA), The University of Tasmania (Hobart) and the ANU.
Researcher's projects
(with T. Lewit) Pliny’s Presses: the true story of the 1st century wine press
Peace as Integration
Roman Imperialism (Brill Research Perspectives)
Why Did Rome Win? (Oxford History of the Roman World)
Friendship and Empire: The Establishment of Rome’s Amicitia with Heraclea Pontica (190 BC)
Polybios and Polemics
Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Diplomacy (Contributing Editor)
Past student projects
Sara Perley, Arcana Imperii: Roman Political Intelligence, Counter-Intelligence and Covert Action in the mid-Republic (2017)
Noemi Murphy, Imago Romana Mundi: Religion, Rhetoric, Race and the Ideology of Roman Imperialism (PhD 2011)
Melanie Knowles, Amor, Marmor, Memor: The Death and Commemoration of Children in Rome and Italy (PhD 2009)
Publications
- Burton, P 2019, 'Book Review: Filippo Canali de Rossi, Le relazioni diplomatiche di Roma. Volume VII. Problemi e contraccolpi della grande espansione egemonica (188 - 183 a.C.). Prassi diplomatiche dello imperialismo romano, 3. Roma: Scienze e lettere, 2017 (Book Review:', Bryn Mawr Classical Review, no. January 2019.
- Lewit, T & Burton, P 2019, 'Wine and oil presses in the Roman to Late Antique Near East and Mediterranean: Balancing textual and archaeological evidence', in Andrea Squitieri and David Eitam (ed.), Stone Tools in the Ancient Near East and Egypt: Ground stone tools, rock-cut installations and stone vessels from the Prehistory to Late Antiquity, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 97-110.
- Burton, P 2018, 'Roman Diplomacy', in Gordon Martel (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Diplomacy, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United States, pp. 10pp.
- Burton, P 2018, 'First Punic War (264-241 BCE)', in Gordon Martel (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Diplomacy, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United States, pp. 4pp.
- Burton, P 2017, 'THE ROMAN REPUBLICAN TRIUMPH: BEYOND THE SPECTACLE', Journal of Roman Studies, vol. 107, pp. 352-354pp.
- Burton, P 2017, 'Book Review: Filippo Canali De Rossi: Le relazioni diplomatiche di Roma. Volume IV. Dalla 'liberazione della Grecia' alla pace infida con Antioco III (201–194 a.C.). Roma: Scienze e Lettere 2014', Gnomon: kritische Zeitschrift fuer die gesamte klassische Altertumswissenschaft, vol. 8, no. 89, pp. 763-764.
- Burton, P 2017, Rome and the Third Macedonian War, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom.
- Burton, P 2017, 'Book Review: Filippo Canali de Rossi, Le relazioni diplomatiche di Roma. Volume VI. Dalla spedizione degli Scipioni in Asia alla pace di Apamea (190-188 a.C.). Prassi diplomatiche dello imperialismo romano, 2. Roma: Scienze e lettere, 2017.', Bryn Mawr Classical Review, vol. online, 4pp.
- Burton, P 2017, 'Book Review: C. H. Lange and F. J. Vervaet (Eds), the Roman Republican Triumph: Beyond the Spectacle (Analecta Romana Instituti Danici: Supplementum 45). Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2014.', Journal of Roman Studies 107 (2017), pp. 352-54
- Burton, P 2017, 'Eugenics, Infant Exposure, and the Enemy Within: A Pessimistic Reading of Zack Snyder's 300', International Journal of the Classical Tradition 24.3, pp. 308-330
- Burton, P 2016, 'Book Review: A History of the Social War: Dart, (C.J.) The Social War, 91 to 88 BCE. A History of the Italian Insurgency against the Roman Republic. Pp. xii + 252. Farnham, Surrey and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2014', The Classical Review, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 204-206.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Achaean War (146)', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 62-62pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Antiochus III (the Great) (d.187)', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 104-105pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Aristonicus (d. ca. 129)', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 120-120pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Callicrates (d. 149/8)', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 161-161pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Macedonian War, First (215-205)', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 351-352pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Macedonian War, Second (200-196)', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 352-353pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Macedonian War, Third (171-168)', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 353-354pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Macedonian War, Fourth (150-148)', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 354pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Perseus of Macedon (d. ca. 165)', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 425-426pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Seleucids', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 488-489pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Syria', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 530-531pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Syrian-Egyptian War, First (274-271)', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 531pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Syrian-Egyptian War, Second (260/59-ca. 253)', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 531-532pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Syrian-Egyptian War, Third (246-241)', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 532pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Syrian-Egyptian War, Fourth (221-217)', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 532-533pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Syrian-Egyptian War, Fifth (202-195)', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 533pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Syrian-Egyptian War, Sixth (170-168)', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 534pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Syrian-Roman War (192-188)', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 534-536pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Alliances', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 693-695pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Allies (Status)', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 695-695pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Amicitia', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 696-697pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Arbitration', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 704-705.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Deditio (Surrender)', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 857-858pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Diplomacy', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 869-869pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Imperialism', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 968-970pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Law, International', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 997-998pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Punic War, First (264-241 BCE), Causes', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 1149-1151pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Punic War, First (264-241 BCE), Course', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 1151-1152pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Punic War, First (264-241 BCE), Consequences', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 1152-1153pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Treaties and Alliances', in Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey (ed.), Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States, pp. 1271-1272pp.
- Burton, P 2016, 'Book Review: T. S. Luke, Ushering in a New Republic: Theologies of Arrival at Rome in the First Century BCE. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2014', Journal of Roman Studies 106 (2016), pp. 276-77.
- Burton, P 2015, 'Book Review: L. Grig and G. Kelly (eds), 'Two Romes: Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity', Oxford Studies in Late Antiquity, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012, xvi+465 pp', Ancient West & East, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 374-376.
- Burton, P 2015, 'Book Review: Robin Waterfield, Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece. Ancient Warfare and Civilization. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2014', Bryn Mawr Classical Review, pp. online.
- Burton, P 2015, 'Nabis, Flamininus, and the Amicitia between Rome and Sparta', in Martin Jehne and Francisco Pina Polo (ed.), Foreign clientelae in the Roman Empire: A Reconsideration, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, pp. 225-237.
- Burton, P 2014, 'Polybian Essays for F.W. Walbank (Book Review: Polybius and his World: Essays in Memory of F.W. Walbank, eds. B. Gibson and T. Harrison'), The Classical Review, March 2014, pp. 1-3.
- Burton, P 2014, 'The Revolt of Lepidus (cos. 78 BC) Revisited', Historia, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 404-421.
- Burton, P 2013, 'Pax Romana/Pax Americana: Views of the "New Rome" from "Old Europe," 2000-2010', International Journal of the Classical Tradition, vol. 20, no. 1-2, pp. 15-40.
- Burton, P 2013, 'Marcus Tullius Cicero: Laelius De Amicitia [On Friendship]', The Literary Encyclopedia, pp. online.
- Burton, P 2013, 'Review of Imperialism, Cultural Politics, and Imperialism, eds. C. Smith and L. Mariah Yarrow, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2013.01.33', Bryn Mawr Classical Review, pp. online.
- Burton, P 2012, 'Enter the Muse: Literary Responses to Roman Imperialism (240-100 BC)', in Dexter Hoyos (ed.), A Companion to Roman Imperialism, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden Boston, pp. 99-112.
- Burton, P, Pomeroy, A, Minchin, E et al, eds, 2013, Culture, Identity and Politics in the Ancient Mediterranean World: Papers from a Conference in Honour of Erich Gruen.
- Burton, P 2013, 'The International Amicitia between Athens and Rome', Antichthon, vol. 47, pp. 207-218.
- Burton, P 2013 'Introduction', Antichthon, vol. 47, pp. i-vi.
- Burton, P 2012, 'Review Essay: Victor Davis Hanson, ed. Makers of Ancient Strategy: From the Persian Wars to the Fall of Rome. Princeton:Princeton University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-691-13790-2', H-Diplo, no. 23 November 2012, pp. n/a published on line.
- Burton, P 2012, 'Book Review: Donald Walter Baronowski, Polybius and Roman Imperialism. London: Bristol Classical Press, 2011. Pp. xiv, 242', Bryn Mawr Classical Review.
- Burton, P 2011, 'Pax Romana/Pax Americana: Perceptions of Rome in American Political Culture, 2000-2010', International Journal of the Classical Tradition, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 66-104.
- Burton, P 2011, Friendship and Empire: Roman Diplomacy and Imperialism in the Middle Republic (353-146 BC), Cambridge University Press, New York, USA.
- Burton, P 2010, 'Culture and Constructivism in International Relations', The International History Review, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 89-97.
- Burton, P 2010, 'Book Review: The Language of Empire: Rome and the Idea of Empire from the Third Century bc to the Second Century ad', The Classical Review, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 538-540.
- Burton, P 2009, 'Ancient International Law, the Aetolian League, and the Ritual of Surrender during the Roman Republic: A Constructivist View', International History Review, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 237-252.
- Burton, P 2009, 'Livy's Preface and its Historical Context', Scholia, vol. 17, no. 2008, pp. 70-91.
- Burton, P 2007, 'Genre and Fact in the Preface to Cicero's De Amicitia', Antichthon, vol. 41 (2007), pp. 13-32.
- Burton, P 2005, 'George Orwell and the Classics', Classical and Modern Literature, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 53-75.
- Burton, P 2004, 'Amicitia in Plautus: A Study of Roman Friendship Processes', American Journal of Philology, vol. 125, no. 2, pp. 209-243.
- Burton, P 2003, 'Clientela or Amicitia? Modeling Roman International Behavior in the Middle Republic (264-146 B.C.)', Klio: Beitraege zur Alten Geschichte, vol. 85, no. 2, pp. 333-369.
- Burton, P 2001, 'Avian Plague: Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds', Mouseion: journal of the Classical Association of Canada, vol. Series III, Vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 313-341.
- Burton, P 2000, 'The Last Republican Historian: A New Date for the Composition of Livy's First Pentad', Historia vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 429-446.
- Burton, P 1996, 'The Summoning of the Magna Mater to Rome (205 B.C.)', Historia vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 36-63