John Prevas is a historian, classics scholar, author, and mediator. Prevas was scholar in residence and assistant professor of classics at

Eckerd College Eckerd College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. Founded in 1958, part of the campus is waterfront (area), waterfront and beach on Boca Ciega ...

from 2001 until 2011 teaching courses in ancient Greek and Roman history, Latin, and law. He has been visiting professor of classics at the University of South Florida since 2015. He is the author of ''

Hannibal Hannibal (; ; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Punic people, Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Ancient Carthage, Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War. Hannibal's fat ...

Crosses The Alps'' (2001), ''

Xenophon Xenophon of Athens (; ; 355/354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian. At the age of 30, he was elected as one of the leaders of the retreating Ancient Greek mercenaries, Greek mercenaries, the Ten Thousand, who had been ...

's March: Into the Lair of the Persian Lion'' (2002), and ''Envy of the Gods'' (2004), a history of

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...

's ill-fated journey through the

Gedrosia Gedrosia (; , ) is the Hellenization, Hellenized name of the part of coastal Balochistan that roughly corresponds to today's Makran. In books about Alexander the Great and his Diadochi, successors, the area referred to as Gedrosia runs from the I ...

n Desert in Pakistan. and the 2009 NYT's best seller, ''Power Ambition Glory'' co-authored with Steve Forbes. His latest book is Hannibal's Oath (DaCapo Books 2017). Prevas was born in

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and received his undergraduate degree in history from the

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the Univ ...

, a master's degree in educational psychology from

Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1876 based on the European research institution model, J ...

, a master's degree in political science from the University of Maryland, and a law degree from

Antioch School of Law Antioch School of Law was a law school in Washington, D.C. which specialized in public advocacy. The school now operates as the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC-DCSL). The school was located in the hist ...

, Washington, D.C. He was featured in the 2002 History Channel program Unconventional Warfare discussing Hannibal's invasion of Italy by crossing the Alps and in a BBC National Geographic film on Hannibal in 2008.History Channel. Unconventional Warfare. Towers Productions. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0899175/combined?mode=desktop As of 2022, Prevas continues working as a court-appointed mediator for the Florida sixth judicial circuit and teaching the classics while working on his next book on the ancient world.

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