Specialization:
Ancient Greek and Roman History; Late Antiquity, With Special Emphasis on Social and Religious History
Education:
Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Latin and Greek)
M.A., Bryn Mawr College, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Latin)
B.A., Brooklyn College of City University of New York
Bio:
Michele Salzman received her B.A. in Latin (1973) from Brooklyn College of City University of New York and her M.A. (1975) and Ph.D. (1981) from Bryn Mawr College in Greek and Latin. Before joining the faculty at the University of California, Riverside in 1995, she taught at Swarthmore College, Columbia University, and, Boston University. Salzman's research focuses on the religious and social history of Late Antiquity. She is author of Roman Time: The Codex-Calendar of 354 and the Rhythms of Urban Life in Late Antiquity (UC Press, 1990); The Making of a Christian Aristocracy (Harvard University Press, 2002); and authored, The First Book of Symmachus’ Letters. Translation with Michael Roberts; Introduction and Commentary (2012). She has also co-edited numerous volumes.
Research:
Professor Salzman's current research project is The ‘Falls’ of Rome: The Transformations of Rome in Late Antiquity, 270-603 CE (Manuscript under contract with Cambridge University Press) . This considers the responses in Rome of aristocrats, bishops, emperors and military leaders to a series of political and military crises that took place in the city of Rome in these centuries.
Publications:
Books
Roman Time: The Codex-Calendar of 354 and the Rhythms of Urban Life in Late Antiquity (UC Press, 1990)
The Making of a Christian Aristocracy (Harvard University Press, 2002)
The First Book of Symmachus’ Letters. Translation with Michael Roberts; Introduction and Commentary (2012).
Edited Volumes
Pagans and Christians in Late Antique Rome: Conflict, Competition and Coexistence in Late Antique Rome, ed. M. R. Salzman, M. Sághy and R. Lizzi-Testa (Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming).
Cambridge History of Religions in the Ancient World. 2 Volumes. Senior Editor. (Cambridge University Press, New York, 2013).
Violence in Late Antiquity. Perceptions and Practices. Co-Editor with E. Albu, M. Maas, and C. Rapp; ed. Hal. Drake (London, Ashgate Press, 2006).
Elites in Late Antiquity. Guest editor with C. Rapp, Arethusa, Vol. 33.3 (2000), introduction, pp. 315- 320.
Courses:
Salzman teaches courses on Roman History and Religion in the History Department at the graduate and undergraduate level, as well as Seminars in Latin through the Tri-Campus Classics Program. Her courses include surveys of Greek History as well as courses devoted to Religion in the Roman Empire; Images of Rome in Late Latin Literature; Roman Historiography; Latin Epistolography; Tacitus and Pliny; and Images of Rome in late Antiquity.