Craig H. Caldwell III is a historian of the ancient Mediterranean world. He earned a BA summa cum laude in history from Furman University and then received his MA and PhD in history from Princeton University. Dr. Caldwell teaches courses in the history of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome, and his regular course offerings include Introduction to the Ancient Mediterranean World, Classical Greece and the Hellenistic World, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire.
Dr. Caldwell's research specialty is late antiquity (AD 180–700), the pivotal historical period that witnessed the transformation of the Roman Empire into medieval Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic Caliphate. His professional interests include ancient and medieval numismatics (the study of coinage), military history, and European law and legal history. He authored a chapter on "The Balkans" in the Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity (2012) and a chapter on the Persian capture of the Roman emperor Valerian in the forthcoming Brill's Companion to Loss and Defeat in the Ancient World. His current book manuscript uses civil wars to explore the transformation of the later Roman Empire in the Danubian-Balkan region.
Education
Ph.D. Princeton University
Areas of Study
Ancient History, European History, Late Antiquity
Selected Courses
HIS 3122 Classical Greece and the Hellenistic World
HIS 3124 Fall of the Roman Republic
HIS 3125 Rise of the Roman Empire
HIS 2312 Introduction to the Ancient Mediterranean World
Selected Awards and Recognitions
Wayne D. Duncan Faculty Enrichment and Teaching Fellowship, in recognition of innovative and successful teaching in the General Education program.
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Department of History
Email address: Email me
Phone: (828) 262-7454
Fax: (828) 262-4976