Timothy J. Cornell (born 1946) is a British historian specializing in

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. He is an Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the

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, having retired from his teaching position in 2011. Cornell received his bachelor's degree in Ancient History with first class honours from

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(1968) and his PhD in history from the

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(1972). He was a student of Arnaldo Momigliano and wrote his dissertation "Cato's ''Origines'' and the non-Roman historical tradition of ancient Italy". He was a fellow at Christ's College,

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(1973–75), assistant director of The British School at Rome (1975–77), lecturer and senior lecturer in Ancient History at University College London (1978–88, 1988–95). Between 1995 and 2011 he was a professor of Ancient History at the

, apart from a brief period as Director of the Institute of Classical Studies at the

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, University of London (2004-2006). Following his retirement in 2011, Cornell was made Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the

. In June 2018 he was elected President of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.

Selected works

* 'Aeneas and the Twins: the development of the Roman foundation legend' in ''Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society'' n.s. 21 (1975), 1-32 * 'Rome and Latium Vetus, 1974-79', ''Archaeological Reports'' 26 (1980), pp. 71–89 * (With J.F. Matthews) ''Atlas of the Roman World'' (Oxford: Phaidon; New York: Facts on File, 1982) * 'Rome and Latium Vetus, 1980-85', in ''Archaeological Reports'' 32 (1986), pp. 123–33 * 'Rome and Latium to 390 BC', in ''The Cambridge Ancient History'', 2nd ed., vol. VII.2 (Cambridge: CUP 1989), ch. 6, pp. 243–308; 'The Recovery of Rome', ibid., ch. 7, pp. 309–350; 'The Conquest of Italy', ibid. ch. 8, pp. 351–419 * Translator and Joint editor (with G.W. Bowersock): ''Studies on Modern Scholarship'', by A. Momigliano (Berkeley, 1994). * ''The Beginnings of Rome: Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars, c. 1000 - 264 BC'' (London: Routledge, 1995). * Editor (with Boris Rankov and Philip Sabin): ''The Second Punic War: A Reappraisal'' (London: Institute of Classical Studies, 1996) * General Editor: ''The Fragments of the Roman Historians'', vols. I-III (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013)

References

External links

Cornell's website
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