Peter David Arthur Garnsey, (born 22 October 1938) is a retired

classicist Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Cla ...

and academic. Born in Australia, where he studied classics at the University of Sydney as a member of St Paul’s College, he has spent most of his career at Cambridge. He was a

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Jesus College, Cambridge Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's full name is The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge. Its common name comes ...

from 1974 to 2006, and a professor of the history of

classical antiquity Classical antiquity (also the classical era, classical period or classical age) is the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD centred on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ...

at the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

from 1997 to 2006.Garnsey – Prof Peter D A, PhD, FBA
, Jesus College,

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political theory Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them. Its topics include politics, ...

intellectual history Intellectual history (also the history of ideas) is the study of the history of human thought and of intellectuals, people who conceptualize, discuss, write about, and concern themselves with ideas. The investigative premise of intellectual hist ...

, social and economic history, food, famine and nutrition, and

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Bibliography

Books

* ''Social Status and Legal Privilege in the Roman Empire'' (1970).

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. * ''The Roman Empire: Society, Economy and Culture'' (1987) London 1987. Co-author. * ''Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman World'' (1988).

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. * ''Ideas of Slavery from Aristotle to Augustine'' (1996).

. * ''Cities, Peasants and Food'' (1998).

. * ''Food and Society in Classical Antiquity'' (1999).

. * ''Evolution of the late Antique World'' (2001).

. Co-author. * ''Lactantius, Divine Institutes. Introd/Transl./Notes'' (2003).

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. Co-author. * ''Thinking about Property, antiquity to the age of revolution'' (2007).

* ''Cambridge Ancient History'' vols. XI (2000), XII (2005), XIII(1998). Co-editor

References

External links

Peter Garnsey Faculty of Classics homepagePeter Garnsey homepage at Jesus College, Cambridge
1938 births Living people Alumni of the University of Oxford University of Sydney alumni Fellows of Jesus College, Cambridge Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities Historians of antiquity People educated at Canberra Grammar School {{England-academic-bio-stub