Dr Sandra Bingham (PhD)

Senior Lecturer, Classics

Biography

Background

My seduction into Classics came in the first year of university in Canada when I took a Classical Literature course as an option. I was instantly hooked! Although both my undergraduate and masters degrees are in Greek, and specifically in tragedy, I was enticed into Roman History in the first year of my PhD by Professor A.A. Barrett when he came into our Suetonius class one day and threw down a stack of photos; we then spent an hour trying to decide which were of Caligula, given our knowledge of the sources (for the answers, see his book on Caligula). I never looked back, though I do get wistful whenever I read Agamemnon.

Open to PhD supervision enquiries?

No

Current PhD students supervised

Brown, Matilda - PhD - Roman Women - Secondary

Research summary

Places: 

  • Europe
  • Mediterranean

Themes: 

  • Ancient Civilisations
  • Imperialism
  • Language & Literature
  • Material Culture

Periods: 

  • Antiquity

My research interests are varied, but remain rooted in Roman imperial history. My interest in the praetorian guard has led me along many different paths and I am now mainly involved in research on Roman imperial women.

Current research interests

My research currently focuses on several aspects of Roman imperial history, in particular Roman imperial women. I am also working on a commentary on Suetonius' Life of Domitian.

The list below is a subset of the information held on the University of Edinburgh PURE system, and includes Books, Chapters, Articles and Conference contributions. For a full list, including details of other publication types (e.g. reviews), please see the Edinburgh Research Explorer page for Dr Sandra Bingham.

Books - Authored

Bingham, S. (2013) The Praetorian Guard A History of Rome's Elite Special Forces. Baylor University Press: Waco

Bingham, S. (2012) The Praetorian Guard: A History of Rome’s Special Elite Forces. London: I.B. Tauris

Articles

Bingham, S. (2006) A brave new world? The ship-in-circus coins of Septimius Severus revisited. Ancient History Bulletin, 20, pp. 51-60

Bingham, S. (2003) Life on an island. A brief study of places of exile in the first century AD. Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History, XII, pp. 376-400

Bingham, S. (1999) Security at the games in the early imperial period. EMC/CV, 43, pp. 369-380

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