Robert I. Curtis Professor of Classics 230 Park Hall Phone: 706 542-2156 FAX: 706 542-8503 E-Mail: ricurtis@uga.edu

Special Interests

• Roman Social and Economic History
• Pompeii and Herculaneum
• Food Technology
• Classical Education in the United States

Academic History

• Ph.D. 1978 University of Maryland, Ancient History
• M.A. 1973 University of Maryland, Ancient History
• B.S. 1967 U.S. Military Academy, West Point

Books and Edited Volumes

• Ancient Food Technology (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2001)
• Garum and Salsamenta: The Production and Commerce of Materia Medica (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1991)
• Studia Pompeiana & Classica in Honor of Wilhelmina F. Jashemski. Robert I. Curtis, ed. 2 vols. (New Rochelle, N. Y.: Aristide D. Caratzas, 1988–1989)

Selected Articles

• “Confederate Classical Textbooks: A Lost Cause?” The International Journal for the Classical Tradition 3, no. 4 (Spring 1997) 433–57
• “The Bingham School and Classical Education in North Carolina, 1793–1873,” The North Carolina Historical Review 73, no. 3 (July 1996) 328–77
• “The Man Who Wipes His Nose on His Shirt Sleeve,” Laverna. Beiträge zur Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte der Alten Welt 1 (1990) 1–12
• “Product Identification and Advertising on Roman Commercial Amphorae,” Ancient Society 15–17 (1984–1986) 209–228
• “A Personalized Floor Mosaic from Pompeii,”American Journal of Archaeology 88 (1984): 557–566
• “The Garum Shop of Pompeii (I.12.8),” Cronache Pompeiane 5 (1979) 5–23

Other Professional Experience

• Visiting Professor, School of Classics University of Leeds, England, Fall 1997
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Stanford University (Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome), 1980–1981