Lee L. Brice
Western Illinois University,
1 University Cir. Morgan Hall 438,
Macomb, IL 61455
ll-brice@wiu.edu
309-298-1053 (office), 309-298-2540 (fax)
Professional Experience
Western Illinois University
Administrative Intern, College of Arts & Sciences, Aug 2012-current
Professor of History, July 2012 - current
Associate Professor of History, 2007-2012
Assistant Professor of History, 2003-2007
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Senior Associate Member, 2009-12
Gertrude Smith Professor, 2014
Co-Director Summer Session I, 2014
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Visiting Lecturer in History, 2002-2003
Sweet Briar College
Instructor in Classics, 1995-1996
Education
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
(Major Fields: Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece; Minor Fields: Early Medieval, Military)
Advisor: R.J.A. Talbert, William J. Kenan Jr. Professor of History.
M.A., University of Houston, (Major Field, Ancient History, Minor Field, Anthropology).
B.A., Virginia Commonwealth University, (History), cum laude.
Research Agenda in Progress
I am completing my manuscript, “Mutiny and Unrest in the Roman Army, 90 BCE-70 CE,” for
submission to a university press. In the process of working through the topic, my research took me
into the armies of Philip II and Alexander III of Macedon, resulting in several articles and chapters.
My next major project will be publication of a die-study of the small denomination coins from the
fourth-second centuries BCE mint of Corinth. This study will provide the first analysis of a major
city-state mint from central Greece during this transitional period.
Scholarship
Publications: Books
Warfare in the Roman Republic, from the Etruscan Wars to the Battle of Actium. Santa Barbara, CA:
ABC-Clio, 2014.
Greek Warfare from the Battle of Marathon to the Conquests of Alexander the Great. Santa Barbara,
CA: ABC-Clio, 2012.
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Recent Directions in the Military History of the Ancient World. Co-editor with Jennifer T. Roberts,
Claremont, CA.: Regina Books, 2011.
Publications: Articles and Book Chapters
“Greek Fears over Growing Athenian Power.” In World at War, Understanding Conflict and Society.
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Aug. 2013. http://worldatwar2.abcclio.com/Ideas/Display/1786354?cid=1786355
“Armada from Athens: Case Study of the Sicilian Expedition 415-413 BCE.” In The Oxford
Handbook of Warfare in the Classical World c. 700 B.C. – A.D. 602. eds. L. Tritle and J. B.
Campbell, 623-641. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
“A Pedagogical Trebuchet: A Case Study in Experimental History and History Teaching.” History
Teacher 46.1 (Nov. 2012): 67-84. Co-author with Steve Catania.
“Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Question of a Macedonian Revolution in Military Affairs
(RMA),” Ancient World 42.2 (2011): 137-47.
“Disciplining Octavian: An Aspect of Roman Military Culture during the Triumviral Wars 44-30
BCE.” In Warfare and Culture in World History, Ed. by Wayne Lee, 35-60. New York: New
York University Press, 2011.
“The ‘Colts’ of Corinth: Notes on Corinthian Drachms from Ravel’s Period V.” In Proceedings of
the XIV International Numismatic Congress held at University of Glasgow, Glasgow
Scotland 2009, vol. 1. Edited by Nicholas Holmes. Glasgow: University of Glasgow Press,
2011, 67-72.
“The Republic is Dead, Long-Live the Republic: The res publica of Rome after March 15, 44 BCE.”
In Enduring Questions - World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras, Academic Edition. ed.
James Emmons. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 9 Sept. 2010.
<http://ancienthistory2.abc-clio.com/>
“Fog of War: The Roman Army in Rome.” In Rome, Season 1: History Makes Television. 61-77. ed.
Monica Cyrino. Malden, MA.: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Publications, In-Press and Forthcoming
“Seleucus I and Military Unrest in the Army of Alexander the Great." In Seleukeia: Studies in
Seleucid History, Archaeology and Numismatics in Honor of Getzel M. Cohen, edited by
Roland Oetjen and Frank Ryan. Berlin: DeGruyter, 2014, in-press.
“Military Unrest in the Age of Philip and Alexander of Macedon: Defining the Terms of Debate.”
Greece, Macedon, and Persia: Studies in Social, Political, and Military History in Honor of
Waldemar Heckel. eds. Erin Garvin and Graham Wright. Oxford: Oxbow Books Publishers,
in press.
“Discharging Pullo and Vorenus: Veterans in Rome.” In Rome Season Two: Trial & Triumph, ed. by
Monica Cyrino. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, forthcoming.
“Second Chance for Valor: Restoration of Order after Mutinies and Indiscipline in the Roman
Military.” Aspects of Ancient Institutions and Geography. eds. Lee L. Brice and D. Slootjes.
Leiden: Brill, forthcoming.
“战争和社会：希腊战士日常生活在古典时代 (War and Society: Daily Life of Greek Soldiers in
the Classical Era),” In 古希腊社会生活研究 (Studies on Life and Society in Ancient Greece)
ed. Yi Zhaoyin, trans. Li Hongwei. Shanghai, forthcoming.
Publication: Series Editorship
General Series Editor, Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean World: Brill’s Companions to the
Classical World. Leiden: Brill.
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Encyclopaedia Entries
"Peloponnesian War (Overview)." World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society. ABC-CLIO.
http://worldatwar.abc-clio.com/Topics/Display/117
"Peloponnesian War: Delian League (Opponent Overview)." World at War: Understanding Conflict
and Society. ABC-CLIO. http://worldatwar.abcclio.com/Topics/Display/117?sid=1682831&ctid=7&cid=52&oid=281
"Peloponnesian War: Peloponnesian League (Opponent Overview)." World at War: Understanding
Conflict and Society. ABC-CLIO. http://worldatwar.abcclio.com/Topics/Display/117?sid=1682830&ctid=7&cid=52&oid=282
Publication Projects Under Contract
New Approaches to Warfare in the Greco-Roman World. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Press, under
contract.
Aspects of Ancient Institutions and Geography. Leiden: Brill, under contract. Co-edited with Daniëlle
Slootjes.
Insurgency and Terrorism in the Ancient Mediterranean. Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean
World, vol. 1. Series Editor, Lee L. Brice. Leiden: Brill, under contract. Co-edited with Tim
Howe.
Present but Not Accounted For: Women and the Roman Army. Cambridge, Cambridge University
Press, under contract. Co-edited with Elizabeth Green.
Book and Manuscript Reviews
Pollard, N. and Joanne Berry. The Complete Roman Legions. New York: Thames and Hudson,
2012. Reviewed for The Historian (2014).
Sheldon, Rosemary. Ambush: Surprise Attack in Ancient Greek Warfare. Barnsley, UK: Frontline
Books, 2012. Reviewed in Journal of Military History, 77.2 (2013): 680-81.
Osgood, Josiah. Claudius Caesar: Image and Power in the Early Roman Empire. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2010. Reviewed in Journal of Roman Archaeology 26.2 (2013):
648-50.
Roisman, Joseph and Ian Worthington, eds. A Companion to Ancient Macedonia. Malden, MA:
Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Reviewed in Classical Journal, 2012.09.07,
http://www.camws.org/CJ/files/reviews/2012/2012.09.07%20Brice%20on%20Roisman%20a
nd%20Worthington.pdf
Hoover, Oliver, Andrew Meadows and Ute Wartenberg (edd.). Coin hoards, Volume X: Greek
hoards. New York: American Numismatic Society, 2010. Reviewed in Bryn Mawr Classical
Review, 05/2012. http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2012/2012-05-10.html
Mckay, Christopher, The Breakdown of the Roman Republic. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2010. Reviewed in Journal of Roman Archaeology 24.2 (2011): 540-41.
Scheidel, Walter, ed. Rome and China. Comparative Perspectives on Ancient World Empires.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Reviewed in Journal of World History 22.2 (2011):
362-64.
Loreto, Luigi. La grande strategia di Roma nell’eta della Prima guerra punica (ca. 273-ca. 229
a.C.). Naples: Jovene editore, 2007. Reviewed in Journal of Military History, 73 (2009), 62628.
Loreto, Luigi. Per la storia militare del mondo antico. Prospettive retrospettive. Naples: Jovene
editore, 2006. Reviewed in Journal of Military History, 72: 2008, 550-51.
Potter, D., ed. A Companion to the Roman Empire. Malden, MA.: Blackwell Publishing, 2007.
Reviewed in Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 10/05/2007.
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2007/2007-10-05.html
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Galinsky, K., ed. Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2006. Reviewed in Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 07/26/2006.
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2006/2006-07-26.html
Wilkes, J.J. (ed.), Documenting the Roman Army. Essays in Honour of Margaret Roxan. London:
Institute of Classical Studies, 2003. Reviewed in Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 11/25/2004.
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2004/2004-11-25.html
Champion, Craige B. (ed.), Roman Imperialism: Readings and Sources. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004.
Reviewed in Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 07/06/2004.
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2004/2004-07-06.html
Conferences and Presentations
Participation in Conferences and Professional Meetings
Chair and Commentator, “Ancient War as a Tranformative Force,” Society for Military History,
Kansas City, MO, April 2014.
Panel Co-organizer, “Women and Armies in the Ancient World.” American Institute of Archaeology,
Chicago, IL, January 2014.
“Anatomy of a Mutiny: A Reappraisal,” presented at Many Faces of War III, Loyola Marymount,
Los Angeles CA October 2013.
“The Unpleasantness at the Hyphasis: Two Incidents of Military Unrest in the Army of Alexander
the Great,” presented at the Ancient Macedonia Sub-Conference of ATINER, Athens Greece,
July 2012.
“An Interdisciplinary Approach to Mutiny in the Roman Military,” presented at the Society for
Military History annual conference, Arlington, VA, May 2012.
“New Approaches to Greco-Roman Warfare: Academic Politics and Warfare in the Ancient World,”
panel co-organizer, presented at the Society of Military History annual conference, Arlington,
VA, May 2012.
“Restoration of Order following Military Unrest in Macedonian and Roman Armies,” presented at
the Many Faces of War II conference at University of Calgary on March 30, 2012.
“Narratives of the Rhine and Pannonian Mutinies of 14CE,” presented at the Illinois Classical
Conference annual meeting, University of Illinois at Champagne-Urbana on October 8, 2011.
“New Directions in Ancient Warfare,” panel chair and commentator, at the Association of Ancient
Historians Annual Conference, May 6, 2011.
“Women and the Roman Army in the Second Triumvirate,” presented at the International Conference
“Theory and Practice in the Study of Women’s History” at Shanghai Normal University,
Shanghai China, November 2010.
“Philip II and a Revolution in Military Affairs: A Reconsideration,” presented at the Association of
Ancient Historians Annual Conference, April 2010.
“Wealthy Corinth Revisited, Preliminary results of a Die Study of Corinthian Drachmas,” presented
at the XIV International Numismatic Congress, Glasgow UK, September 1, 2009.
“Mutiny and Unrest in Ancient Militaries, A New Explanation,” presented at the Association of
Ancient Historians Annual Conference, May 2009.
“Telling the Truth: Persians, Families, and Oracles,” panel commentator at the Illinois Classical
Caucus annual conference, October 2008.
“Winning Hearts and Minds the Roman Way: The Roman Army as a Peacekeeping Model,”
presented at the 45th Anniversary Biennial International Conference of the Inter-University
Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, Chicago, October 22, 2005. Paper published in
conference proceedings.
“Rehabilitating Germanicus: Tacitus and the Rhetoric of Military Crisis,” presented at the American
Philological Association Meeting, Boston, January 2005.
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“Military Unrest in the Roman Imperial Army: Continuity and Social Context,” presented at the
American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 2004.
“Whipping the Army into Shape: Collective Punishment in the Roman Imperial Army,” presented at the
Classical Association of the Middle West and South Annual Meeting, Lexington, April 2003.
“The Roman Army Reforms of Augustus - A Significant Step in the Evolution of Modern Military
Professionalization,” presented at the Society for Military History International Conference,
Calgary, May 2001.
“Sedition and the Army Reforms of Augustus,” presented at the Association of Ancient Historians
Annual Meeting, Lubbock, May 2001.
“The Res Gestae and Augustus' Cognition of Space,” presented at the Classical Association of the
Middle West and South, Southern-Section Meeting, Chapel Hill, October 1994.
“Drachms and Relative Chronology: Ravel’s Corinthian Coin Periods Five and Six,” presented at the
American Numismatic Society Summer Colloquium, New York, August 1993.
Invited Research Presentations
“The Roman Constitution,” “Roman Imperialism,” “The First Roman Civil War,” and “Justinian and
the End of the Latin Roman Empire,” delivered at Illinois State University, February and
March 2014
“The Second Triumvirate” and “Octavian and the Future of Rome,” delivered at Illinois State
University, September 2013.
“A Die-Study of Corinthian Coins at the Numismatic Museum, Ongoing Research,” delivered at the
American School of Classical Studies in Athens, July 20, 2011.
“Mutiny and Indiscipline in the Roman Army,” delivered at The Ohio State University, November
2010.
“Research in Ancient Greek and Roman History in a World History Context,” delivered at Shaanxi
Normal University, Xi’an China, November 2010.
“Fourth Century Coinage of Corinth: Trials and Tribulations of Numismatic Research” delivered at
Shanghai Normal University, China, November 2010.
“Life in the Roman Army and Recent Archaeological Evidence,” delivered at Shanghai Normal
University, Shanghai China, November 2010.
“The Trowel is Mightier than the Sword: Archaeology, Media, and Life in the Roman Army”
delivered at Texas Tech University Department of Classics, October 2010.
“Wealthy Corinth at the Crossroads: A Die Study of Corinthian Drachms from the Fourth-Third
Centuries BCE.” delivered at the University of Cincinnati, October 2010.
“The Numismatic Museum and Fourth-century Corinthian Coinage,” delivered at the American
School of Classical Studies at Athens, July 2009.
“Chariots and Charioteering in the Ancient Roman World,” delivered at Northwestern University,
May 2008.
“War in a Fog: The Roman Army in Rome, Seasons 1&2,” delivered at Illinois Wesleyan University,
Bloomington IL, October 2007.
“An Imperfect Military Machine, Mutinies in the Roman Army,” delivered at Newman University,
Wichita, KS, September 2005.
“Coins and History: Reflections on a Collegiate Collection,” Mary J. Pearl Lecture, delivered at
Sweet Briar College, Amherst, March 1997.
“Fourth Century Corinthian Coinage: Ravel's Period Five Reconsidered,” delivered at the American
Numismatic Society General Meeting, New York, January 1994.
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Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
External Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
Selected as Gertrude Smith Professor at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens for
summer 2014.
Tanner Center for the Humanities at University of Utah, Research Fellowship, 2012 - $1000
Nominated for National Outstanding Teacher Award, Classical Association of the Middle West and
South, Spring 2012.
Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society Advisor Grant, 2010 - $1000
Annie and Fannie Fell Trust, Co-Investigator, 2010 - $1000
Margo Tytus Fellowship at the University of Cincinnati Department of Classics, Fall 2010 - $7000.
Royal Numismatic Society Martin Price Fund, received 2010 – 400GBP
American Philosophical Society Franklin Grant, received Spring 2009 - $4000
WIU Internal Awards and Grants
Summer Stipend, 2011 - $3500
Outstanding Student Organization, Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society, Omicron-Omicron
chapter, advisor, WIU College of Arts and Sciences, 2010.
University Research Council Grant, 2009 - $6350
Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellence in Undergraduate Research, College of Arts & Sciences, 2008.
Summer Stipend, 2008 – $3500
Center for International Studies, Undergraduate Research Grant, 2007 - $4200
Nominated by History Dept., WIU College of Arts & Sciences Excellence in Teaching award 2006 and
2007
Outstanding First Year Experience Teacher Award, WIU, Spring 2006.
Faculty Mentor Grant, 2006 - $3000
University Research Council Grant, 2006 - $5000
College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Grant, 2005 & 2006 - $1425.
Service
International and National Service
President, Society for Ancient Military History (2003- May 2012)
National Council Member, Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society (2012-2014)
Book Review Editor, Res Militares, Published by Society for Ancient Military History (2012current)
Scott R. Jacobs Fellowship for the Advancement of Alexander Studies in North America, Committee
Member, (2010-current)
Chair, Publications Committee, Association of Ancient Historians (2007-current, chair 2009-current)
External Department Reviewer for the Newman University Department of History, Wichita, KS
(Spring 2011)
Senior Associate Member – American School of Classical Studies in Athens, (2009-current)
Conference Organizing Committee Member, WIU representative and Academic Conference
Coordinator for “Marketing the New Social History: The American Girl,” A National
Academic Conference planned to be held at Illinois State University, Normal IL. (2008-2010)
WIU Service
Senator, WIU Faculty Senate (2005-2008 and 2012-2015; Secretary of Senate 2014-15)
President’s Advisory Roundtable, WIU (2013-current)
Provost’s Advisory Committee, WIU (2012-14)
Chair, WIU Faculty Senate Committee on Plus-Minus Grade Implementation (2007-2008)
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Centennial Honors College, Advisory Board on Online Outreach and International Studies (2012current)
Centennial Honors College, History Honors Thesis Awards Committee (2012)
Centennial Honors College, Undergraduate Research Day, Session Chair & Mentor, (2006-2012)
Center for Innovation, Teaching, and Research, Faculty Mentor (2011-2012, 2013-2014)
Library Dean’s ad-hoc Advisory Committee, WIU (2006)
Chair, College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Council, (2013-current)
College of Arts and Sciences Civil-Service Award Committee (2013)
Chair, College of Arts and Sciences Grade Appeals Committee (Fall 2012)
Selected by College of Arts and Sciences Student Association to deliver, “Chance Favors the
Prepared Mind; Prepare Yourself by Exploring,” WIU-College of Arts and Sciences “Last
Lecture” Series, November 2011.
Dean’s Technology Advisory Committee, CAS, (2008-current)
Dean’s Review Committee (2013)
Undergraduate Research Committee, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, (2008-current)
Chair, Latin Program Evaluation and Implementation Committee, CAS, (Fall 2006-Spring 2007)
Editorial Board, Western Illinois Historical Review (2008-2012)
Initiated the online journal Western Illinois Historical Review (2008-2009)
Co-organizer of History Faculty Colloquia, 2009-2010 and 2011-12.
Faculty Advisor, Phi Alpha Theta International Honor Society, Omicron-Omicron chapter, (20042011, 2013)
Regional Honor Society Conference Organizer for the Department of History, WIU, and OmicronOmicron chapter Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society on March 27, 2010 (2009-2010).
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, History Dept. (Fall 2003–08 and 2011-12)
Technology Committee, History Dept. (2011-2013, chair 2012-2013)
Library Committee, History Dept. (Fall 2003-08, chair 2007-08)
Departmental Search Committees - East Asia, Middle East, Latin America; History Dept. (2004-2006
and 2007-2008, 2014)
Faculty and Student Life Committee, History Dept. (2004-2011)
Faculty Advisor, Associated Students of History (2004-06)
Community Service and Outreach
Road Scholar, Illinois Humanities Council (2006-12)
Member Advisory Board for the National Hellenic Museum, Chicago Illinois, (2010-12)
2014
Teacher Education presentation for the Dupage Valley Social Studies Conference, Naperville, IL.
2013
Teacher Education presentation for the Dupage Valley Social Studies Conference, Naperville, IL.
2012
Introduction to the National Hellenic Numismatic Museum in Athens for St. Olaf College.
Teacher Education presentations for the Annual WIU History Conference; and the Dupage Valley
Social Studies Conference, Naperville, IL.
Road Scholar Presentations for Orland Park Public Library; Barrington Public Library; and the
National Society of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Melrose Park, IL.
2011
Teacher Education presentations for the DuPage Valley Social Studies Conference, Naperville, IL
Road Scholar Presentations for Olney Public Library; St Xavier’s University; and Macomb Historical
Museum.
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“Introduction for PBS’s Herculaneum Unearthed: Secrets of the Dead” for WSEC-WQEC-WMEC
Public Broadcasting System Stations, broadcast March 2011.
2010
Teacher Education presentations for Annual WIU History Conference; DuPage Valley Social Studies
Conference, Naperville, IL.
Road Scholar Presentations for Danville Public Library; Friends of the Nineteenth Century Club,
Oak Park, IL; and Morris Public Library.
Archaeological Institute of America, Lubbock Society: Food, Soldiers and Archaeology: Classics
Day, Lubbock TX.
2009
Road Scholar Presentation for Morris Public Library.
Teacher Education presentations for Annual WIU History Conference; DuPage Valley Social Studies
Conference, IL; and Davenport School District History Day, Davenport, IA.
2008
Teacher Education presentations for Annual WIU History Conference; and DuPage Valley Social
Studies Conference, IL
2007
Teacher Education presentations for Annual WIU History Conference; and DuPage Valley Social
Studies Conference, IL.
Creative research presentation at the WIU Faculty Research Symposium; winner, best paper.
Road Scholar Presentation for Friends of the Macomb Public Library, Macomb, IL.
2006
Teacher Education presentations for Annual WIU History Conference; DuPage Valley Social Studies
Conference, IL; and Davenport School District History Day, Davenport, IA.
2005
Teacher Education presentations for Annual WIU History Conference; and DuPage Valley Social
Studies Conference, IL.
2004
Teacher Education presentations for Annual WIU History Conference; and DuPage Valley Social
Studies Conference, IL.
Foreign Experience - Study Abroad, Research, and Languages
Director, Study Abroad Trips to Greece 2005, 2010, 2014
Director, Study Abroad Trips to Rome and Campania 2007 and 2013
Extended Research Trips to Greece in summer 2003-05, 2008-2013, Italy in summer 2000, 2006-2007,
2013, UK in summer 2010, 2011
Invited Lecture and Outreach trip to China in Fall 2010
Reading knowledge of Ancient Greek and Latin, and German, French, and Italian
Moderate Speaking knowledge of Modern Greek
Professional Memberships
American Numismatic Society
Phi Alpha Theta, International History Honor Society
American Philological Association
Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society
Archaeological Institute of America
Association of Ancient Historians
American Academy in Rome
Society for Military History
Classical Association of the Middle West and South
American School for Classical Studies in Athens
Society for Ancient Military History
References: Available on Request