Michael Scott (author)

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Michael Scott
In Athens, August 2014
Born	1981
Nationality	British
Education	King's College School
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge Magdalene College, Cambridge University of Cambridge (B.A, MPhil, PhD)
Occupation	academic, author and broadcaster in classics and ancient history
Employer	University of Warwick
Known for	Ancient Invisible Cities: Cairo, Athens, Istanbul This is Greece with Michael Scott Sicily: Wonder of the Mediterranean Italy's Invisible Cities Rome's Invisible City The Quizeum Roman Britain From the Air Who Were the Greeks? The Mystery of the X Tombs Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth Jesus: Rise to Power Guilty Pleasures: Luxury in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds Delphi: bellybutton of the ancient world
Notable work	Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West From Democrats to Kings Delphi: Centre of the Ancient World Delphi and Olympia Space and Society in the Greek and Roman worlds
Website	michaelscottweb.com

Michael Scott SFHEA (born 1981) is a British classical scholar, ancient historian, and presenter. He is professor of classics and ancient history at the University of Warwick.^[1]

In 2015 he was a foundation fellow of the ; he was appointed a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2016.^[1] He was a National Teaching Fellow in 2017,^[2] and in 2017–2018 was a Leverhulme Research Fellow.^[1]

He is president of the Lytham Saint Annes branch of the Classical Association.^[3]

Books[]

• M I Finley: An Ancient Historian and His Impact (2016) Cambridge University Press. Edited Volume (Co-editor with Prof Robin Osborne and Daniel Jew). ISBN 9781107149267.
• Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West (2016) Hutchinson/Windmill. ISBN 978-0091958817.
• Delphi: centre of the ancient world (2014) Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400851324.
• Space and society in the Greek and Roman worlds (Key Themes in Ancient History series) (2012) Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107401501.
• Risk in our time: Proceedings of the Darwin College Lecture Series 2010. (Co-editor with Dr Layla Skinns and Tony Cox) Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521171977.
• Delphi and Olympia: the spatial politics of panhellenism in the archaic and classical periods (2010) Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107671287.
• From Democrats to Kings: the brutal dawn of a new world from the downfall of Athens to the rise of Alexander the Great (2009) Icon Books. ISBN 978-1848311312.

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