Position: Head, Centre for Classical Studies
School and/or Centres: Classics
Position: Head, Centre for Classical Studies
School and/or Centres: School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics
Email: Caillan.Davenport@anu.edu.au
Location: Room G7, AD Hope Building
Researcher profile: https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/caillan-davenport
Dr Caillan Davenport is Associate Professor of Classics and Director of the Centre for Classical Studies at the Australian National University. He studied Latin, Ancient Greek, and Ancient History at the University of Queensland, where he was awarded a University Medal in Latin. With the support of a John Crampton Travelling Scholarship, he undertook a DPhil in Ancient History at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Professor Alan Bowman. He subsequently held positions at the University of Queensland (2011-2017) and Macquarie University (2017-2021) before coming to the ANU in January 2022.
- Roman history from the Republic to Late Antiquity
- Roman emperors in antiquity and their reception in later periods
- Roman imperial court society and ceremonial
- Comparative study of monarchy and court societies
- Documentary evidence for Roman history, especially inscriptions and coins
- Greek and Latin historiography of the Roman empire
- Roman letter writing, especially the correspondence of Marcus Aurelius and Fronto
- Rumour and gossip in pre-modern societies
Dr Caillan Davenport is the author of A History of the Roman Equestrian Order (Cambridge University Press, 2019), which won the Royal Historical Society's Gladstone Prize. He is the co-editor / translator of Fronto: Selected Letters (Bloomsbury Academic, 2014, with J. Manley) and the co-editor of Emperors and Political Culture in Cassius Dio's Roman History (Cambridge University Press, 2021, with C. Mallan). He has published widely on the history and historiography of ancient Rome, with his work appearing in journals such as Classical Quarterly, Journal of Late Antiquity, Journal of Roman Studies, Journal of Roman Archaeology, and Papers of the British School at Rome.