John F. Drinkwater

John Frederick Drinkwater (born 9 June 1947) is a British historian, classicist, and author. He is Emeritus Professor of Roman Imperial History at the Department of Classics and Archaeology at the University of Nottingham.

John F. Drinkwater
Born (1947-06-09) June 9, 1947[1]
NationalityBritish
Academic work
Institutions

Drinkwater specializes in the study of the Late Roman Empire, the Roman West and of Nero. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a former joint editor of the Derbyshire Archaeological Journal.

Biography

Drinkwater speaks of a lifelong interest in the Romans, beginning with a picture book he received as a young child, and then citing the BBC television series, Dr Who, as another major influence - specifically the four episode serial titled "The Romans" in 1965.[2]

He graduated and became a university teacher with a focus on the Late Roman Empire, and his principle field of research was the Roman West.[3] He is known for his numerous works on Roman Gaul,[4] and on the Third Century Crisis of Rome.[5] In 2007 he shifted his focus, initially to the office of the emperor, but then focusing on Nero and led to the writing of his 2019 book, Nero: Emperor and Court.[2] This work was quoted and referenced in the BBC Radio series, In Our Time, in its treatment of Nero.[6]

He has been joint editor of the Derbyshire Archaeological Journal, and an honorary lecturer of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield.[3] He is now Professor Emeritus of Roman Imperial History at the Department of Classics and Archaeology at the University of Nottingham.[7]

Drinkwater has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in May 1990.[3][8]

Bibliography
  • Roman Gaul ; The Three Provinces, 58 B.C.-A.D. 260, 1983
  • The Gallic empire ; Separatism and Continuity in the North-Western Provinces of the Roman Empire A.D. 260-274, 1987
  • Fifth-century Gaul : a crisis of identity - with Hugh Elton, 1992
  • The Alamanni and Rome 213-496 (Caracalla to Clovis), 2007
  • A chronology of the Roman Empire - with Timothy Venning, 2011
  • Nero: Emperor and Court 2019

References
  1. "Drinkwater, John F." BNF.
  2. Drinkwater, John F. "Dr. Who and Nero". FifteenEightyFour. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  3. "Author: John F. Drinkwater". FifteenEightyFour. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  4. Kavanagh, Bernard (2019). "Bernard Kavanagh reviewing John F. Drinkwater, Nero. Emperor and Court" (PDF). Online Reviews. The Ancient History Bulletin. 9: 78–80. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  5. Southern, Pat. "Third Century Crisis of the Roman Empire". BBC History. BBC. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. "Nero - Reading List". BBC - In Our Time. BBC.
  7. "John Drinkwater". University of Nottingham. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  8. "John Frederick Drinkwater". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 2020-06-08.


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