Jim Roy

Contact

• workHumanities Buidling
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work+44 (0)115 95 14800
• fax0115 95 14811
• james.roy@nottingham.ac.uk

Research Summary

My research interests are Greek social and institutional history, the Greek countryside, and the local history and archaeology of Arkadia and Elis.

Past Research

Recent publications include:

• Defining ancient Arkadia (Acts of the Copenhagen Polis Centre, Volume 6, 1999) editor with T. H. Nielsen.
• "The Achaian League." pp. 81-95 in K. Buraselis and K. Zoumboulakis (edd.) The idea of European community in history, Vol. II: Aspects of connecting poleis and ethne in Ancient Greece (Athens, 2003).
• "The ambitions of a mercenary." pp. 264-288 in R. Lane Fox (ed.) The long march (New Haven and London, 2004).

• "Elis."pp. 489-504 in M. H. Hansen and T. H. Nielsen (edd.) An inventory of archaic and classical poleis (Oxford, 2004).