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Kent J. Rigsby, Professor of Epigraphy and Ancient History, Classical Studies

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Wed. 3:00-5:00

Education:

M.A.	University of Toronto (Canada)	1968
Society of Fellows, Harvard University		1971
B.A.	Yale University	1966

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Research Interests:

Hellenistic world, Roman Empire; religion, law; epigraphy, numismatics

Keywords:

Europe • Greece • Rome • History • Religion • Epigraphy • Numismatics

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Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. Rigsby, KJ, Asylia: Territorial inviolability in the Hellenistic World (September, 2023), pp. 1-672, Univ of California Press, ISBN 9780520200982  [abs]
2. Rigsby, KJ, Alexander’s Lysimacheia: Anna Comnena 15.7.8, Historia, vol. 64 (2015), pp. 301-305 [repository] [PDF]
3. Rigsby, KJ, A Religious Association at Sardes, Ancient Society, vol. 44 (2014), pp. 1-23, ISSN 1783-1334 [repository]
4. Rigsby, KJ, Apollo and the Archons, in Studies in Greek epigraphy and history in honor of Stephen V. Tracy, edited by Reger, G; Ryan, FX; Winters, TF (2010), pp. 171-176, Ausonius Éditions [repository]