Dr. Anna Clark (born 1974) is an ancient historian and tutor at

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church (, the temple or house, ''wikt:aedes, ædes'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by Henry V ...

. Clark read ancient history at the

University of St Andrews The University of St Andrews (, ; abbreviated as St And in post-nominals) is a public university in St Andrews, Scotland. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and, f ...

, where she completed her master's, before gaining her doctorate at

Merton College, Oxford Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 126 ...

. She is currently a Tutor in

Roman History The history of Rome includes the history of the Rome, city of Rome as well as the Ancient Rome, civilisation of ancient Rome. Roman history has been influential on the modern world, especially in the history of the Catholic Church, and Roman la ...

at Christ Church, Oxford. Clark's research interests have focused around Roman politics and

religion Religion is a range of social system, social-cultural systems, including designated religious behaviour, behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, religious text, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics in religion, ethics, or ...

. Her first book ''Divine Qualities: Cult and Community in Republican Rome'', published in 2007, has been called "one of the best attempts to date to make sense of Roman religion" and an "invaluable book, which puts the study of an important aspect of Roman religion on a new footing".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Anna Fellows of Christ Church, Oxford Living people 1974 births Alumni of Merton College, Oxford