Richard Miles (historian)
Richard Miles | |
|---|---|
 Richard Miles in 2012 | |
| Born | 2 January 1969 |
| Nationality | British Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Liverpool (BA) Trinity Hall, Cambridge (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Archaeology, ancient history, classics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge University of Sydney |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter Garnsey |
Richard Miles (born 1969)[1] is a British historian and archaeologist, best known for presenting two major historical documentary series: BBC2's Ancient Worlds (2010),[2] which presented a comprehensive overview of classical history and the dawn of civilisation, and BBC Four's Archaeology: A Secret History (2013).[3]
Biography
[edit]Miles was born in Pembury, Kent. He studied ancient history and archaeology at the University of Liverpool and undertook a PhD in classics under Professor Peter Garnsey at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He is Professor of Roman History and Archaeology and pro-vice-chancellor of enterprise and engagement at the University of Sydney.[4] He was formerly head of the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, and is a former director of the Arts Career Ready Programme at Sydney.[5] His research primarily concerns Punic and Late Roman history and archaeology.
He has directed archaeological digs in Carthage and Rome, and in 2010 he published Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Mediterranean Civilisation.[5] He also hosted the two-part Channel 4 series Carthage: The Roman Holocaust (2004), which focuses upon the war between Carthage and Rome.[6]
Works
[edit]- (editor) Constructing Identities in Late Antiquity (Routledge, 1999) ISBN 978-0-415-19406-8
- Carthage Must Be Destroyed (Allen Lane, 2010) ISBN 978-0-7139-9793-4; Paperback (Penguin, 2011) ISBN 978-0-14-101809-6[7]
- The Vandals (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). ISBN 978-1-4051-6068-1
- Ancient Worlds: The Search for the Origins of Western Civilization (Allen Lane, 2010) ISBN 978-0-7139-9794-1
- (editor) The Donatist Schism: Controversy and Contexts (Liverpool University Press, 2016) ISBN 978-1-78138-281-3
References
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- ^ My bright idea: Civilisation is still worth striving for, The Guardian, Sunday 17 October 2010
- ^ The Observer, 17 October 2010
- ^ BBC Four - Archaeology: A Secret History. Accessed 30 April 2013
- ^ "Associate Professor Richard Miles". University of Sydney. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ a b Sydney Ideas talk - Carthage: City of Memories
- ^ Kelly, Lucia (7 September 2006). "Carthage: The Roman Holocaust". www.smh.com.au/. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ Alston, Richard. Carthage Must Be Destroyed (Book review), BBC History magazine, March 2010
