David Wardle is Professor of Classics, as well as Acting Dean in the Faculty of Humanities, at the

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Academic career

Born 23 December 1959 and educated in

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, Wardle took an MA and a DPhil from

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in the sub-faculty of Literae Humaniores. After a brief stint working for the

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, he came to UCT as a lecturer in August 1990 and was appointed Professor in Classics and Ancient History in 2006. Wardle's academic specialisation lies in the field of

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

imperial history and

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which he combines with an interest in ancient

Roman religion Religion in ancient Rome consisted of varying imperial and provincial religious practices, which were followed both by the people of Rome as well as those who were brought under its rule. The Romans thought of themselves as highly religious, ...

. Besides numerous articles and book reviews, Wardle is the author of four

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, which have taken the form of commentaries on key texts from the Classical period: ''Suetonius’ Life of Caligula'' (Brussels, 1994), ''Valerius Maximus’ Memorable Deeds and Sayings'' (Oxford, 1998) and ''Cicero’s On Divination'' (Oxford, 2006), and ''Suetonius: Life of Augustus'' (Oxford, 2014). Wardle is also a former editor of the Classics journal, Acta Classica. In 2017, Wardle was appointed Acting Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, at the

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