Gregory S. Aldrete

Gregory S. Aldrete (born 1966) is a professor of history and humanistic studies currently teaching at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, where he has been teaching since 1995. His emphasis is on rhetoric and oratory, floods in Rome, ancient Greek and Roman history, and daily life in the Roman world. He earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in ancient history from the University of Michigan.[1] Aldrete speaks Latin, ancient Greek, Spanish, and can read texts in Italian, French, and German.

Aldrete has written the books Gestures and Acclamations in Ancient Rome,[2] The Encyclopedia of Daily Life in the Ancient World, Daily Life in the Ancient Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia, The Long Shadow of Antiquity: What Have the Greeks and Romans Done For Us? (with Alicia Aldrete), and Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor: Unraveling the Linothrorax Mystery (with Scott Bartell and Alicia Aldrete).

He has conducted research on a type of ancient cloth body armor (sometimes called a linothorax). Aldrete is a member of the Phaeton Group, serving as the group's ancient historian, as well as its secretary and treasurer.[3]

Aldrete's interdisciplinary approach to the study of the ancient world, which he incorporates into his lectures, has earned him fellowships.[4][5] Apart from numerous research trips to Italy, Aldrete has studied Vatican Library manuscripts.

He serves as a lecturer with the online educational service The Great Courses. He has contributed detailed courses on the history of Ancient Greece and Rome, a study of the general history of the Ancient World, courses on the decisive military battles and military blunders in world history, and a short course on modern movies and TV shows about Ancient Rome or those influenced by the city, its empire, culture and even sports and spectacles. He has contributed 10 such courses as of January 2020.[6]

References
  1. Biography at Phaeton Group,.Retrieved March 7, 2007.
  2. Abstract for Floods and Famines in Ancient Rome, Retrieved March 7, 2007.
  3. Phaeton Group, Inc. Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved March 7, 2007.
  4. "Fellowship". Institute for Research in the Humanities. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  5. "Fellowship". Archaeological Institute of America. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  6. "Gregory S. Aldrete". The Great Courses Plus. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
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