Professor Matthew Dillon

Biography

I can still remember as a child reading a lengthy version of Homer’s Odyssey written for 12-14 year olds, and a few years later I read J.C. Stobbart’s Glory That Was Greece and his The Grandeur That Was Rome. At school, our ancient history textbook was C. Roebuck’s classic, The World of Ancient Times. These books were inspiring and led me into my university ancient history career. I have had a life-long passion for ancient history, and in my career as my main priority I have sought to bring the ancient world not only to the academic community, but to spread knowledge of it to students, at both secondary and tertiary levels, and to the community.