Background

Hugh Elton was born on November 17, 1964, in Erith, Kent, England.

Education

Hugh got B.A. at Sheffield and D.Phil. at Oxford.

Career

Prof. Elton has taught in the Ancient Greek and Roman Studies programme since 2006. His teaching has included courses on the Trojan War, the history of the Roman world (including a number of upper-year courses focusing on the Late Roman Empire in the East), ancient warfare, Isauria, Anglo-Saxon England, Greek and Latin.

Prior to his arrival at Trent, Hugh taught at a number of American Universities since 1993, and from 2001 through 2006 served as Director of the British Institute at Ankara.

Achievements

• Hugh has participated in a number of archaeological projects, most recently running a multi-period interdisciplinary survey in the GöksuValley near Alahan, and providing advice about best practice for the archaeology of the BTC pipeline.

Works

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  • Frontiers of the Roman Empire 1996
  • Warfare in Roman Europe, AD 350-425 (Oxford Classical Monographs) 1998
  • Fifth-Century Gaul: A Crisis of Identity? 2002
  • Shifting Genres in Late Antiquity 2015
  • Asia Minor in the Long Sixth Century: Current Research and Future Directions 2018

Connections

On December 12, 1992, Hugh married a woman named Krista.

Wife:

Krista