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Email

fvervaet@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor in Ancient History
School of Historical and Philosophical Studies
Education
Doctorate (Research)
Ghent University
Masters (Coursework & Research)
Ghent University
Bachelors Degree
Ghent University
ORCID

0000-0002-0683-6955

Prof Frederik Vervaet

Professor in Ancient History
School of Historical and Philosophical Studies

79 Scholarly works
3 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Liberti and the Sulpician Laws of 88 BCE. A New Light on Freedmen Suffrage in the Roman Republic
    DOI: 10.1515/klio-2025-0009
  • 2025

    Book

    How Republics Die: Creeping Authoritarianism in Ancient Rome and Beyond
    DOI: 10.1515/9783111705446
  • 2025

    Book

    How Republics Die Creeping Authoritarianism in Ancient Rome and Beyond
  • 2021

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Augustus and the Roman Triumph: A Study in Creeping Authoritarianism
  • 2016

    Journal article

    Last of the naval triumphs: revisiting some key Actian honours
    DOI: 10.1017/S1047759400072196
  • 2014

    Book Chapter

    Claiming Triumphs for Recovered Territories: Reflections on Valerius Maximus 2.8.4
  • 2011

    Journal article

    The Significance of the Naval Triumph in Roman History (260-29 BCE)
Frederik Vervaet

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2010
Visiting Fellow of the Belgian Historical Institute in Rome at the Academia Belgica (1 Sep 2010 - 30 Nov 2010)
2010
Member of the Roman Society Research Centre
2006
Member of Consolidated Research Group AREA
2005
Visiting Scholarship Wolfson College (Oxford)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Presentation

    Reform Aversion and the Death of the Roman Republic
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    Competitive Authoritarianism on the Eve of Empire: Pompeius’s New Republic of 52 BCE
    DOI: 10.1515/9783111705446-012
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    New Perspectives on Old Problems/Old Perspectives on New Problems
    DOI: 10.1515/9783111705446-001
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    Reform Unwillingness and the Death of the Roman Republic
    DOI: 10.1515/9783111705446-004
  • 2025

    Presentation

    Reformunwilligkeit and the Death of the Roman Republic
  • 2025

    Presentation

    Reform Unwillingness and the Death of the Roman Republic
  • 2023

    Book

    REFORM, REVOLUTION, REACTION. A SHORT HISTORY OF ROME FROM THE ORIGINS OF THE SOCIAL WAR TO THE DICTATORSHIP OF SULLA

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2016

    Internal Research Grant

    Blood, Soil and Power: Public Land in Roman Republican Italy (338-13 BCE)

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