J. E. Lendon
William W. Corcoran Professor of History
Office Hours: On Leave
Field & Specialties
Greek History
Roman History
Education
B.A. Yale 1986
Ph.D. Yale 1991
Publications
That Tyrant, Persuasion. How Rhetoric Shaped the Roman World. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022.
Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins. New York: Basic Books, 2010
Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2005.
Empire of Honour: The Art of Government in the Roman World. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997.
Awards & Honors
2014-2015 Membership, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
2009-2010 Research Fellowship, Gerda Henkel Stiftung.
2004-2005, 2008 Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
2002 UVA All-University Outstanding Teaching Award.
1999-2000 Junior Fellowship, Center for Hellenic Studies.
1992-1993 John M. Olin Faculty Fellow in History.