Background
Balsdon was born on 4 November 1901 in Bideford, Devon.
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The Emperor Gaius (Caligula). (Revised) By Balsdon, J P V D ( Author ) Hardcover 1977
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The Emperor Gaius (Caligula).
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Rome: the story of an empire
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Life and leisure in ancient Rome
( How did average Romans live out each year, conduct thei...)
How did average Romans live out each year, conduct their family life, rear and educate their children? What about slaves in the household? How did people enjoy themselves--did they travel or go to the theater? And, how were those famed gladiators trained? From a wide variety of sources--writers, inscriptions, papyri, mosaics, stones, even graffiti--the answers to these question come into sharp relief. "By far the best single volume on the subject."--The Guardian.
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Julius Caesar and Rome (Teach Yourself History)
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John Balsdon
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Education
He was educated at Exeter School, Exeter. He studied classics at Exeter College, Oxford.
Career
He was a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford from 1927 to 1969, and President of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies from 1968 to 1971. Balsdon began his academic career as a teacher at Sedbergh School, then an all boys public boarding school. His first university post was as a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford.
From 1927, he was a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, where he taught Ancient History.
His research was primarily in Roman History. In 1940, he was elected Junior Proctor of Oxford University.
Serving from March 1940 to March 1941. In 1956, he was a candidate for the Rectorship of Exeter College, but lost out to Kenneth Wheare.
He served as President of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies from 1968 to 1971.
He retired from full-time academia in 1969. The same year he was elected an emeritus Fellow of Exeter College. He also wrote novels using the name Dacre Balsdon.
His academic works gave his name as J. P. V. Doctorate. Balsdon.
He was elected Fellow of the British Academy (Federal Bar Association) in 1967.
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Works
book
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Life and leisure in ancient Rome
( How did average Romans live out each year, conduct thei...)
- The Emperor Gaius (Caligula). (Revised) By Balsdon, J P V D ( Author ) Hardcover 1977
- The day they burned Miss Termag
- The Emperor Gaius (Caligula).
- Rome: the story of an empire
- Julius Caesar and Rome (Teach Yourself History)
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Life and leisure in ancient Rome
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September 18, 1977 (aged 75) -
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United Kingdom