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443:, in 13 volumes (print edition published in 2013). This reference work won Honorable Mention for Reference Works for the Dartmouth Medal (American Library Association). It is continually updated and expanded in its on-line version. He has served as editorial consultant for the Oxford University Press and the Princeton University Press. He has lectured all over the United States and in Canada, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Armenia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Spain, France, and Russia. In 2019-2020, Champion was a U.S. Fulbright Scholar, living, teaching, and conducting research in Moscow, Russia. 526:’ in Roman religion is the most advanced attempt to date to explore its viability in this field. . . . This book is a very substantial contribution to the understanding of pre-Augustan Roman religion—one that all students of the political and social history of the Roman world will do well not to overlook, and one that historians of other periods will find informative and inspiring in equal measure." 25: 389:) since 2017. His research and teaching focus on Ancient Greek and Roman History, Religion and Politics in Ancient Greece and Rome, Greek and Roman Historiography, Greek and Roman Political Thought, Ethnic Identity Formation in Greek and Roman Antiquity, Politics of Culture in Ancient Greece and Rome, Citizenship and Empire in Greek and Roman Antiquity, Polybius, and Tacitus. 66: 120: 226: 167: 485:(1995) opened the door for a fresh wave of Polybian scholarship by showing that Polybius’ text, rather than presenting a purely might-is-right, or ‘Macchiavellian’, view of the world, in fact attempts to represent for the reader important moral lessons that are distinct from practical utility. Champion’s 438:
Champion is a recipient of the Thoburn Foundation Award (Allegheny College), the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award (Syracuse University), and an Excellence in Teaching Award (Syracuse University and University College). From 2006-2009, he served as Chair of the History Department at Syracuse. He was also
489:(2004) followed by demonstrating the complex representation of various cultures, especially the Romans, in Polybius’ text. These fresh demonstrations of the complexity of Polybius’ work generated an explosion of interest in this historian over the next decade.” 533:(Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004), a successful sourcebook which has gone through six printings (first published in 2004 and still in print). He is also the editor for the topic of Roman Imperialism, for 503:"I want to conclude by stressing that Champion has written a remarkable book that will embolden future scholars to make fuller use of scientific literature. Rarely does one see publications from the 496:, was published in 2017 by the Princeton University Press. Dan-el Padilla Peralta, a professor of Classics at Princeton University, wrote in his review of the book in the journal 386: 511:
for the history of Roman religion. . . . book’s capacity to spark disagreement is ocular proof of its overall success, and there is no doubt in my mind that
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Champion has particular research interests in Imperialism and Empire in Ancient Greece and Rome and Democracy, Ancient and Modern. He is the editor of
663: 407:(1984), and a M.A. from Princeton University (1989), then completed a Ph.D. at that institution in 1993. Champion also studied Greek and Latin at the 141: 128: 668: 673: 658: 189: 678: 38: 76: 688: 283: 265: 207: 101: 52: 455:, was published in 2004 by the University of California Press, and looks at the life and work of the ancient Greek historian 683: 416: 185: 181: 467: 408: 243: 236: 461: 133: 624: 404: 381:(born June 30, 1956) is an American historian and classical scholar. He has been Professor of Ancient History at 335: 471:
described Champion's book as a "remarkable achievement" and "enormous accomplishment" on Greek historiography.
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deserves to occupy a position of prominence in Roman religious studies for the foreseeable future."
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may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may interest only a particular audience
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Citizen and Empire in Democratic Athens, Republican Rome, and Twenty-First Century America
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one of the original founding general editors of the award-winning Wiley-Blackwell's
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The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of
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The Peace of the Gods: Elite Religious Practices in the Middle Roman Republic
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any relevant information, and removing excessive detail that may be against
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Champion is currently finishing up two large projects, a new book titled
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Craige B. Champion was born on June 30, 1956. He earned a B.A. (
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In a recent work on Polybius, Daniel Walker Moore (
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