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First Name
Emma
Last Name
Nicholson
Country
United Kingdom
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Affiliation
University of Exeter
Website URL
http://academicinduction.exeter.ac.uk/staff/enicholson/
Keywords
Hellenistic history, Polybius, Philip V of Macedon, the Antigonid Dynasty, ancient Macedonia, the Roman conquest of the eastern Mediterranean, ancient historiography, ancient Greek history
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About Me

I am a Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter, specializing in the Greek historian Polybius, Philip V of Macedon, the Antigonid dynasty and ancient Macedonia, and Rome’s entrance into the Greek East. I am the director of Exeter University’s Centre for Hellenistic and Later Greek Studies (https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/centres/hellenistic/), and director of the international research group, the Antigonid Network (https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/theantigonidnetwork/).

I completed my PhD in 2016, taught in Edinburgh for a year, and then came to the University of Exeter in 2017.

Recent Publications

“Diplomacy in the Hellenistic World: The Achaean League and the Kingdom of Macedon”, Ancient History, Karwansaray Publishers, May 2024.

Philip V of Macedon in Polybius’ Histories: History, Politics and Fiction, Oxford University Press, 2023.

“Polybius (1), Greek historian, c. 200–c. 118 BCE.” Oxford Classical Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2022.

“Hellenic Romans and Barbaric Macedonians: Polybius on Hellenism and Changing Hegemonic Powers”. Ancient History Bulletin, 34.1-2, 2020: 38-73.

“Polybios, the Laws of War, and Philip V of Macedon”, Historia – Zeitschrift fur Alte Geschichte, 67, 2018: 434-453.

Media Coverage
Country Focus
Greece, Macedonia, Eastern Mediterranean
Expertise by Geography
Western Europe
Expertise by Chronology
Ancient
Expertise by Topic
Diplomacy, Literary History, Politics