Chris Erdman

Assistant Professor of Classics
PhD in Classics (Ancient History emphasis)
research interests:
  • Roman Republican history and epigraphy
  • Roman law and politics
  • Comparative history
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    My research examines the state institutions and political culture of the Roman Republic in the post-Gracchan period, especially the political role of the Roman people. I take an interdisciplinary approach to Roman political history, and I maintain interests in Greek and Latin epigraphy, comparative history, and ancient historiography. I have recently published (Historia 2024) on how information about proposed laws was communicated to voters in the assembly, and I am currently working on a monograph on the voting culture of Roman legislative assemblies.

    Prior to arriving at Wash. U I completed my Ph.D in Classics at the University of California, Santa Barbara (2024) and I was also the Jacobi Student at the Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik in Munich. During the 2023-2024 academic year I was the Arthur Ross Rome Prize Fellow at the American Academy in Rome.