Cam
Grey is Assistant Professor of Classical
Studies at Penn. He has a Ph.D. (Classics) from
St John’s College, Cambridge, an M. Phil. (Ancient History)
from the University of Sydney and a B. A. (Ancient History
and Archaeology) from the University of Auckland. He works
on Roman social and economic history, particularly the history
of non-elite and marginal populations such as beggars, criminals,
and foreigners. His doctoral work focused on how rural communities
functioned in Late Antiquity, and what happened when consensus
broke down. He is also interested in the use of comparative
methodologies, theoretical perspectives and model-building
in contemporary ancient history writing. His teaching covers
topics in Roman social, economic, agrarian and legal history,
from the Archaic period to Late Antiquity; and Greek and Roman
historiography, both ancient and modern.