Roman history of the middle and late Republican periods
Roman imperialism and diplomacy
The Classical tradition

Paul Burton is the author of 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.

Friendship and Empire: The Establishment of Rome’s Amicitia with Heraclea Pontica (190 BC)

Polybios and Polemics

Rome and the Third Macedonian War

Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Diplomacy (Contributing Editor)

Sara Perley, Roman Military Intelligence and the Rise of Roman Power in the Mediterranean

Ben McIntosh, The Freedom of Action of Rome's Friends and Allies, 150-50 BC

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)