Charles Leslie Murison
Professor Emeritus
B.A., M.A. (Cambridge),
Ph.D. (Edinburgh)
Talbot College, Room 429
661-2111 ext. 89159
cmurison@uwo.ca
Current
Teaching (2009-2010):
·
Classical Studies 2700A “Technology and
Engineering in the Ancient World” (Tu, Th 9:30am-10:20am) (TC 309) (First Term)
·
Greek 9150 “Greek Historiography: Alexander the
Great” (Tu, Th 11:30am-12:20pm) (TC 403) (Graduate Course, First Term)
·
Classical Studies
2700B “Technology and Engineering in
the Ancient World” (Tu, Th 9:30am-10:20am) (TC 309) (Second Term)
·
Classical Studies
2902B “Selected Topics in Ancient
History: Alexander the Great” (Tu, Th 11:30am-12:20pm) (TC 309) (Second Term)
Teaching
Areas:
- Ancient Civilisation; Greek
and Roman History and Historians; Technology in the Ancient World.
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 römischen 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.
ARTICLES ACCEPTED:
- “M. Cocceius Nerva and the
Flavians”, TAPA, 133.1, (Spring, 2003)
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
PAPERS READ:
- November, 1967:
"Before the Battle of Issus" (Ontario Classical Association)
- May, 1969: "The Peace
of Callias -- yet again!" (Ancient Historians of New York and
Ontario)
- February, 1971:
"Problems in the Principate of Otho" (University of Hull)
- February, 1971:
"Darius III and the Battle of Issus" (S. Yorks, branch of the
Classical Association)
- October, 1972: "The
Chronology of Otho's Military Preparations" (Cornell University)
- February, 1975: "The Roman Empire: A Banana Republic?" (Faculty of
Arts Lecture Series)
- June, 1975: "The Death
of Alexander the Great" (Edmonton: Classical Association of Canada)
- October, 1976: "III
Non. Iun.: The Uses and Abuses of Evidence in Ancient History"
(Waterloo: Ontario Classical Association)
- June, 1977: "The Date
of the Battle of Vesontio in A.D. 68" (Fredericton: Classical
Association of Canada)
- June, 1977: "The
Teaching of Roman Law" (Fredericton: Classical Association of Canada)
- October, 1978:
"Evidence in Ancient History" (University of Hull; April, 1979 -
University of Durham)
- October, 1978: "The
Nature of the Roman Empire" (Hull and District Branch of the
Classical Association)
- June, 1979: "Two
Military Revolts in Germany -- Vitellius and Saturninus, A.D. 69/89"
(University of Edinburgh)
- May, 1981: "The Revolt
of Saturninus in Upper Germany, A.D. 89" (Halifax: Classical
Association of Canada)
- April, 1982: "Dio's
Portraits of Galba, Otho and Vitellius" (Saskatoon: Conference of the
Dio Project)
- October-November, 1982:
"Eastern Tour" undertaken at invitation of Classical Association
of Canada; papers delivered as follows: "The Nature of the Roman
Empire" (Memorial University, Acadia University, St. Francis Xavier
University, Mt. Allison University, University of New Brunswick, Bishop's
University, Concordia University); "Two Military Revolts in Germany,
A.D. 69 and 89" (Sir Wilfrid Grenfell College, Dalhousie University,
McGill University); "III Non. Iun.: Some Uses and Abuses of Evidence
in Ancient History" (Acadia University, McGill University, Bishop's
University)
- October, 1988:
"Epidemics in the Ancient World" (St. Thomas-Elgin Branch,
Ontario Medical Association)
- October, 1993: "Time
and Distance - and Some Historical Problems" (U.W.O., Colloquium on
Trade and Communication in the Ancient World)
- October, 2000: "Who
was...the Emperor Nerva?" (Faculty Graduate Symposium, McMaster University)
WORK IN PROGRESS:
- Review of Cambridge ancient History, Vol. II
"The High Empire, A.D. 70-192" (Cambridge, 2000), pp. xxi, 1222
- Historical Commentary on
Cassius Dio's Roman History Books 68-73 (A.D. 96-192).