David Stone Potter

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  • Rome in the Ancient World: From Romulus to Justinian. London: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2016. [22]
  • The Victor's Crown: A History of Ancient Sport from Homer to Byzantium. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. [23]
  • Constantine the Emperor. Cary: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2012. [24]
  • Theodora : Actress, Empress, Saint. Women in Antiquity. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2015. [25]
  • The Origin of Empire: Rome from the Republic to Hadrian. First Harvard University Press ed. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2019. [26]
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    18. Potter, David S. (1990-12-13). Prophecy and History in the Crisis of the Roman Empire: A Historical Commentary on the Thirteenth Sibylline Oracle. Oxford Classical Monographs. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-814483-0.
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    24. Constantine the Emperor. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2012-12-11. ISBN   978-0-19-975586-8.
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    28. Potter, David (1987). "Telesphoros, Cousin of Demetrius: A Note on the Trial of Menander". Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte. 36 (4): 491–495. ISSN   0018-2311. JSTOR   4436030.
    29. Potter, David (1988). "Where did Aristonicus' Revolt Begin?". Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 74: 293–295. ISSN   0084-5388. JSTOR   20186933.
    30. Potter, David (1992). "Empty Areas and Roman Frontier Policy". The American Journal of Philology. 113 (2): 269–274. doi:10.2307/295560. ISSN   0002-9475. JSTOR   295560.
    31. Potter, David (2011). "Holding Court in Republican Rome (105-44)". The American Journal of Philology. 132 (1): 59–80. ISSN   0002-9475. JSTOR   41237381.

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    David S. Potter
    Born
    David Stone Potter

    1957 (age 6667)
    NationalityAmerican
    SpouseEllen Ann Bauerle
    Awards The Cory Prize (1979)
    The Conington Prize (1988)
    John H. D'Arms Award (2005)
    Academic background
    Alma mater Harvard University
    Oxford University