Gregory S. Aldrete (born 1966) is a

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Emeritus of

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and humanistic studies at the

University of Wisconsin–Green Bay The University of Wisconsin–Green Bay (UW-Green Bay, UWGB, or Green Bay) is a public university in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with regional campuses in Marinette, Wisconsin, Marinette, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Shebo ...

. He was the Frankenthal Professor of History and Humanities at the

, where he had been teaching since 1995. His emphasis is on

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and oratory, floods in

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, ancient Greek and Roman history, and daily life in the Roman world. He earned his undergraduate degree from

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and his Ph.D. in ancient history from the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

. Aldrete speaks Latin,

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, Spanish, and can read texts in Italian, French, and German. Aldrete has written the books ''Gestures and Acclamations in Ancient Rome'', ''Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome'', ''The Encyclopedia of Daily Life in the Ancient World'', ''Daily Life in the Ancient Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia,'' ''The Long Shadow of Antiquity: What Have the Greeks and Romans Done For Us?'' (with Alicia Aldrete), and ''Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor: Unraveling the Linothorax Mystery'' (with Scott Bartell and Alicia Aldrete). Aldrete has conducted research on a type of ancient cloth body armor (sometimes called a

linothorax The linothorax (pronounced ; from the grc, λινοθώραξ ) is a type of upper body armor that was used throughout the ancient Mediterranean world. The term ''linothorax'' is a modern term based on the Greek , which means "wearing a breastpl ...

). Aldrete is a member of the Phaeton Group, serving as the group's ancient historian, as well as its secretary and treasurer. Aldrete's

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approach to the study of the ancient world, which he incorporates into his lectures, has earned him fellowships. Apart from numerous research trips to Italy, Aldrete has studied

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manuscripts. He has made six educational video courses with The Great Courses. He has contributed detailed courses on Roman history, a study of the general history of the Ancient World with a global perspective, courses on the decisive military battles and military blunders in world history, and a short course on modern movies and TV set in ancient Rome or that use Roman themes. He has contributed 6 such courses as of January 2020. Aldrete has received multiple awards for his teaching, including the Regents Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents in 2015., was named Wisconsin Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, and was given the 2009 national teaching award for teaching at the collegiate level by the Society for Classical Studies (formerly the American Philological Association).

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Personal website
Retrieved July 7, 2020
Institute for Research in the Humanities website
Retrieved January 9, 2020
Archaeological Institute of America website
Retrieved January 9, 2020
Profile page at The Great Courses Plus website
Retrieved January 9, 2020 {{DEFAULTSORT:Aldrete, Gregory S. 1966 births Living people Princeton University alumni University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni University of Wisconsin–Green Bay faculty Writers from Wisconsin