Charles Murison
Emeritus Professor
Special Interests:
Ancient Civilisation; Greek and Roman History and Historians; Technology in the Ancient World.
Current Teaching (2012-2013):
CS 2700A: Technology & Engineering in the Ancient World Tu/Th 9:30-10:30 am
CS 2904B: "Alexander the Great" Tu/Th 9:30 - 10:30 am
Research Interests:
Roman History from 100 B.C. to A.D. 200
Current Projects:
The reigns of Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian in the Roman History of Cassius Dio.
PUBLICATIONS: Books Published
Suetonius: Galba, Otho, and Vitellius. Edited with introduction and historical commentary. Bristol Classical Press, England, 1992
Galba, Otho and Vitellius: Careers and Controversies. Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim, 1993
Rebellion and Reconstruction: Galba to Domitian.
An Historical Commentary on Cassius Dio's Roman History Books 64-67 (A.D. 68-96). Scholars Press, Atlanta, Ga. 1999
Articles Published:
"The Peace of Callias: Its Historical Context," Phoenix 25 (1971) 12-31
"Darius III and the Battle of Issus," Historia 21 (1972) 399-423
Introduction to C. Schrader, La Paz de Calias: Testimonios e Interpretacion (Barcelona, 1976)
"Some Vitellian Dates: an Exercise in Methodology," Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 109 (1979) 187-197
"Galba in Germany, A.D. 43?" Historia 34 (1985) 254-256
"The Revolt of Saturninus in Upper Germany, A.D. 89," Echos du Monde Classique 29 (1985) 31-49
"Tiberius, Vitellius and the Spintriae," Anc. Hist. Bulletin 1.4 (1987) 97-99
"The Historical Value of Tacitus' `Histories'," Aufstieg und Niedergang der rmischen Welt II. 33.3 (1991) 1686-1713
"The Death of Titus: A Reconsideration," Anc. Hist. Bulletin 9.3/4 (1995) 135-142
Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition. Articles on Cartography, Crates of Mallus, Delian League, Historiography (classical period). Fitzroy Dearborn, London, 2000.
M. Cocceius Nerva and the Flavians, TAPA, 133.1, (2003) 147-157
Review Article, The Cambridge Ancient History, Second Edition, Vol. XI: The High Empire A.D. 70-192, A.K. Bowman, P. Garney, D. Rathbone (eds), Cambridge University Press, 2000; in Mouseion, Series III, Vol. 3 (2003), 37-56
Cassius Dio on Nervan legislation (168.2.4): Nieces and Eunuchs, Historia 53/3 (2004), 343-355
Book Reviews:
R. H. Webb; translation of Aristophanes' Peace in Phoenix 19 (1965) 95-96
E. T. Owen: The Story of the Iliad: in Alphabet 8 (1966) 72-74
M. Hadas: The Living Tradition in Classical News and Views 12 (1968) 67-69
E. M. Smallwood: Documents Illustrating the Principates of Gaius, Claudius and Nero in Phoenix 22 (1968) 360-362
P. Petit: La Paix Romaine in American Journal of Philology 91 (1970) 101-104
P. Green: Alexander the Great in Phoenix 25 (1971) 194
James Paton Isaac: Factors in the Ruin of Antiquity: A Criticism of Ancient Civilization in Classical News and Views 17 (1973) 78-80
F. Schachermeyr: Alexander der Grosse in Classical World 69, 2 (1975) 137-139
E. S. Ramage: Urbanitas. Ancient Sophistication and Refinement in Classical World 69, 3 (1975) 216-217
P. A. Brunt: Arrian: Anabasis I-IV in Phoenix 31 (1977) 379-380
The Institutes of Gaius. Translated with introduction by W. M. Gordon and O. E. Robinson in ECM 34 (1990) 463-465
B.W. Jones (ed.) Suetonius: Vespasian in Classical Review 52 (2002), 23-24
J. Reisman (ed.): Brills Companion to Alexander the Great; and Claude Moss: Alexander: Destiny and Myth in Mouseion, Series III, Vol 6. (2006), 46-53
Book Chapters Forthcoming:
The Emperor Titus in Andrew Zissos ed. The Blackwell Companion to the Flavian Age, Malden MA. Wiley Blackwell
Work in Progress:
Titus and Berenike and Vespasians Plan for the Flavian Succession
Historical Commentary on Cassius Dio's Roman History Books 68-73 (A.D. 96-192).
