Eduard Davidovich Frolov (; 1 March 1933 – death published on 19 August 2018
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(Dsc), Honorary Professor at the

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since 2010, and Director of the Center for Classics Studies at the same University since 1994, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation (1998). He was also Honoured Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation (2004). Frolov graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University in 1955. In 1958 he defended his

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's Dissertation. In 1972, he defended his doctoral dissertation. In 1974 he received the title of Professor. From 1971 to 2015, Frolov headed the Department of History of Ancient Greece and Rome at the Saint Petersburg State University. Frolov was a member of the Editorial Board for ''

Journal of Ancient History ''The Journal of Ancient History'' (, ''Vestnik Drevnei Istorii'') is a Russian bulletin founded in 1937. It publishes articles mainly on the ancient Orient, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and recent archeological digs. It comes out four times a ...

''. Professor Frolov is the author more than 300 scientific works, including 15 monographs.

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Saint Petersburg State University
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