Edward J Watts

Biographic Data

ID4494223
NAMEEdward J Watts
GIVEN NAMESEdward J
FAMILY NAMEWatts
SIGNATUREWATTS E J
AFFILIATIONSAlkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair and Professor of History, UCSD
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS10
WORKS AS AUTHOR3
WORKS AS EDITOR4
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX1

  • Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome

    Edward Watts, Edward J WattsBOOKEternal Decline and Fall of Rome2021

    The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea traces the development and use of the rhetoric of Roman decline and renewal across 2200 years. Beginning in the Roman Republic at the turn of the second century BC and stretching to the uses of Roman decline in the present day, the book argues that the use of this common rhetoric frequently blamed people for sparking Roman decline. It also evolves over time. In the Republic, po…

  • A Companion to Late Antique Literature

    Open AccessScott Mcgill, Edward J WattsEDITORBOOKCompanion to Late Antique…2018

    This volume presents a broad review of late antique literature. The late antique period encompasses a significant transitional era in literary history from the mid-third century to the early seventh century. The volume covers notable Greek and Latin texts of the period and provides a varied overview of literature written in six other late antique languages. It explores the histories, forms, features, audiences, and uses of the literature of the p…

  • Companion to Late Antique Literature

    Scott Mcgill, Edward J WattsBOOKCompanion to Late Antique…2018

  • Late Antique Letter Collections

    Cristiana Sogno, Bradley K Storin et al.EDITORBOOKLate Antique Letter Collections2016

    Bringing together an international team of historians, classicists, and scholars of religion, this volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the extant Greek and Latin letter collections of late antiquity (ca. 300–600 c.e.). Each chapter addresses a major collection of Greek or Latin literary letters, introducing the social and textual histories of each collection and examining its assembly, publication, and transmission. Contributions …

  • Late Antique Letter Collections

    Cristiana Sogno, Bradley K Storin et al.EDITORBOOKLate Antique Letter Collections2016

    "This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the extant Greek and Latin letter collections of late antiquity (ca. 300-600 C.E.). Bringing together an international team of historians, classicists, and scholars of religion, it illustrates how letter collections advertised an image of the letter writer and introduces the social and textual histories of each collection. Each chapter addresses a major collection of Greek or Latin literar…

  • Riot in Alexandria

    Edward Watts, Edward J WattsEDITORBOOKRiot in Alexandria2010Cited by: 10

    This innovative study uses one well-documented moment of violence as a starting point for a wide-ranging examination of the ideas and interactions of pagan philosophers, Christian ascetics, and bishops from the fourth to the early seventh century. Edward J. Watts reconstructs a riot that erupted in Alexandria in 486 when a group of students attacked a Christian adolescent who had publicly insulted the students' teachers. Pagan students, Christian…

  • Alexandrian Intellectual Life in the Roman Imperial Period

    Edward Watts, Edward J WattsCHAPTERCity and school in late antique…2006

    This chapter discusses the intellectual and cultural life of Alexandrians during the Roman Empire. It presents descriptions of the centers of scholarship in the city which included the Serapeum library, the Royal Library and Mouseion. Accounts of the establishment, public support, membership and decline of these centers of culture and scholarly life throughout the history of Hellenistic and Roman Alexandria are presented as well. This chapter als…