Richard A. Billows is a professor of history at Columbia University. His specialty is the Classical Mediterranean, especially the Hellenistic World post-Alexander. He holds an undergraduate degree in history from Oxford University (1978), where he was a member of Balliol College.[1] He earned an M.A. from King's College, University of London (1979) and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (1985).[2] His scholarly works include Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenic State (1990), Kings and Colonists: Aspects of Macedonian Imperialism (1995)[3] and Marathon - How One Battle Changed Western Civilization (2010).[4][5] He has taught Columbia's undergraduate survey course in Ancient Greek History.[4] He also regularly teaches “An Introduction to Contemporary Civilization in the West,” a Columbia College core curriculum class.[1]
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- ^ a b "Billows, Richard A. | Department of History - Columbia University". Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ Richard A. Billows Dept of History, Columbia University. Retrieved March 2011
- ^ "Richard Billows". Columbia University Department of Classics. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
- ^ a b "Billows, Richard A. | Department of History - Columbia University". Retrieved 2020-01-16.
- ^ "Victory At Marathon Saved A Lot More Than A Race". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
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