James S. Romm

James S. Romm is the James H. Ottaway Jr. Associate Professor of Classics at Bard College. He received his B.A. from Yale and Ph.D. from Princeton, and has been the recipient of Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships.

DYING EVERY DAY: Seneca at the Court of Nero (Alfred A. Knopf, 2014)

GHOST ON THE THRONE: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire (Alfred A. Knopf, 2011)

THE GREEK PLAYS: SIXTEEN PLAYS BY AESCHYLUS, SOPHOCLES, AND EURIPIDES (with Mary Lefkowitz View Bio)

THE GREEK HISTORIES: THE SWEEPING HISTORY OF ANCIENT GREECE AS TOLD BY ITS FIRST CHRONICLERS: HERODOTUS, THUCYDIDES, XENOPHON, AND PLUTARCH (with Mary Lefkowitz View Bio)

THE AGE OF CAESAR: FIVE ROMAN LIVES (with Pamela Mensch View Bio)

THE LANDMARK ARRIAN: THE CAMPAIGNS OF ALEXANDER (with Robert Strassler View Bio)