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Skidmore College
Classics

Ben Abbott
Visiting Assistant Professor

Office: Filene Hall 210
Phone: 518-580-5233
Email: babbott@skidmore.edu

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (2023)
  • B.A., Binghamton University (2015

Dissertation:

Forging the Anchor: Antiochus I and the Creation of the Seleucid Empire

Ben Abbott

TEACHING and RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Greek and Roman history
  • Seleucid history and archaeology
  • Hellenistic empires
  • Ancient imperial ideology and propaganda
  • Race and ethnicity in antiquity
  • Achaemenid studies
  • Nomadic cultures of ancient Central Asia
  • Ancient Silk Road studies

Fieldwork

  • Khaytabad Archaeological Survey Project (Uzbekistan)
  • Gordion Archaeological Project (Turkey)
  • Naxçivan Archaeological Project (Azerbaijan)

Publications

  • (forthcoming) “(Re)Builder of Cities: Seleucid Central Asia under Antiochus I”
  • “Elephants, Greeks, and Gold: The Silk Road in the Age of Hellenistic Empires.” In X. Liu ed. The World of the Ancient Silk Road (Routledge). 2022.