Fred K. Drogula is a historian of the ancient world, specializing in the study of ancient Greece and Rome. He received a BA in Classics from Kenyon College, MA degrees in Classics and History respectively from Boston University and the University of Virginia, and a Ph.D in History from the University of Virginia. His research focuses on the Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire, and in particular on the cultural and intellectual structures that created and changed Rome’s political and military systems.