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Rob S. RICE
c/o Graduate Group in Ancient History
The University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Special Interests:

Computer Applications in the Classics; Greek & Roman History (esp. The Hellenistic Age); Ancient Maritime & Military History; Ancient Technology; Greek & Roman Historiography and Prose.

Education:

• University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D. in Ancient History, 1994; M.A. in Ancient History, 1990.
  
• University of Colorado at Boulder, M.A in Classical Antiquity, 1988; B.A. Summa Cum Laude in Classics, Summa Cum Laude in History, 1986.

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Dissertation:

The Rhodian Navy: The Proper Application of Limited Force, A. John Graham, Advisor.

Employment/Teaching Experience:

The American Military University:

• Professor: Classical Naval Warfare (Telecourse, NW547), 9-12/97.
  

Colorado State Department of Education:

• Computing Resources Consultant for State History and Geography Standards, Author of the Faculty Contact Web Page, 11/95-8/97
  

  U. of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Sciences:

• Lecturer for War and Peace in Classical Antiquity (CLAS 175), 1/96-5/96
  

  U. of Pennsylvania, College of General Studies:

• Course Instructor for Latin II (LATN 002), 1/96/5/96
  

  U. of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Sciences:

• Lecturer for Ancient Greece (ANCH 026); The Epic Tradition (CLAS 160), 9/95-12/95

  U. of Pennsylvania, Center for the Computer Ana lysis of Texts

• Integrating Research Editor (Psalms) of the Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint Studies Textual Variants Project, Religious Studies.

  U. of Pennsylvania, Col lege of Arts and Sciences:

• Lecturer for Latin IV: Poetry (LATN 004), 1/95-5/95.
  

  U. of Pennsylvania, College of General Studies:

• Lecturer for Alexander and the Hellenistic World (CLAS 190); Greece & Rome (ANCH 21), 1/95-5/95.
  

  U. of Pennsylvania, College of General Studies:

• Course Instructor for Ancient Rome (ANCHS 27), 5/94-6/94.
  

  U. of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Classical Studies:

• Teaching Assistant for Ancient Greece (ANCHS 26), 9/91-12/91; Ancient Rome (ANCHS 27), 1/92-5/92.
  

  U. of Pennsylvania, Coll. of Arts & Sciences Writing Across the University Program:

• WATU Fellow, 9/91-5/92.
  

  University of Colorado at Boulder, Classics Department:

• Graduate Assistant, Alexander and the Hellenistic World (CLAS/HIST 403/503), 1/88-5/88; Greek Mythology (CLAS 110), 8/87-12/87; Graduate Reader, Greek Mythology (CLAS 110), 2/87-5/87.
  

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Publications:

• "Sailing Warships," entry accepted for publication in The Oxford Companion to American Military History, to appear in 1998.
  
• "The Ancient World." Opening Chapter in Comparative Piracy. Projected Publication early 1998, by Brill Publications.
  
• "The Antikythera Mechanism: Recovery and Significance," appeared in the published collection of the 1993 U.S. Naval History Symposium.
  

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Referees:

Prof. Martin Ostwald
Prof. Jeremy McInerney
Prof. A. John Graham

• Classical Studies, 720 Williams Hall, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305 (215) 898-7425
  

Prof. E. Christian Kopff
Prof. E.A. Fredricksmeyer

• Classics Department, The University of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 348, Boulder, CO 80309-0348 (303) 492-6257
  

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Papers Read

2nd Annual Graduate Conference in Classics (12/3/88):

• "The Siege-Craft of Philip II: The Product of its Times."
  

  American Philological Association (12/29/92):

• "Sparing a Hornets' Nest: Rome's Treatment of Rhodes in 168."

  11th Annual Naval History Symposium/CAAS Fall Meeting (10/23/93):

• "The Antikythera Device."

  Friends of Ancient History Panel at the American Philological Association (12/29/93):

• "Gears, Galleys, and Geography: Antikythera Mechanism's Historical and Historiographical Implications."

  American Philological Association (12/30/94):

• "Not as Slaves, But as Friends and Allies: Rome's Settlement of Lycia and Caria after 188."

  American Philological Association (12/28/96):

• "The Peregrinations of the Queen: Technology Transfer in the Hellenistic World."
  

Awards/Honors/Fellowships

The Society of Ancient Military Historians

• Elected Vice President, Society of Ancient Military Historians, 1994-8.

University of Pennsylvania:

• William Penn Fellow, 1988-92
• Ancient History Hyde Fellowship, 1992-94
• H.B. Earhart Foundation Fellowship, 1993-4.

University of Colorado:

• Elected to Colorado Alpha Chapter, Phi Beta Kappa, 1986
• Graduate School Foundation Fund Grant, 1988
• Placed Upon the University of Colorado Chancellor's List, 1987
• University of Colorado Dean's Scholarship, 1984-87. 

Credentials: McNeil 20, Locust Walk, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104

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