Gary Forsythe
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Email: gary.forsythe@ttu.edu
Office: 142 Holden Hall
Website: http://courses.ttu.edu/gforsyth
Fields:
Ancient Greece and Rome
About Dr. Forsythe:
Professor Forsythe comes to Texas Tech University after having taught Greek and Roman history and Greek and Latin language and literature at the University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College, Bryn Mawr College, and the University of Chicago. He is the author of four books, numerous articles and book reviews, and has presented many papers at conferences, including an international convention on the history, politics, and religion of Rome during the middle republic, held in Rome in September of 1998. His scholarly interests primarily involve ancient historiography and religion, Roman law, and the study of Latin inscriptions. He has written two books concerned with Roman republican historiography. His third book, narrating the history of early Rome down to the First Punic War was published in 2005 by the University of California Press and received the Texas Tech University President’s Book Award for 2005. His current major project is a collection of six essays concerning various aspects and problems of Roman religious history ranging from early times to late antiquity.
