Social and cultural history of ancient Greece and Rome

Professor
Ph.D. Yale 1995

Office: 327 LeConte
Office Hours: M 1:30-2:30 W 10-11
Phone: (706) 542-2515

smattern@uga.edu

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Susan Mattern's most recent book is Galen and the Rhetoric of Healing (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008), a study of the medical practice of the ancient physician Galen, based on his stories about his patients. She is also the author of Rome and the Enemy: Imperial Strategy in the Principate (University of California, 1999; now in paperback), and has co-written a textbook, The Ancient Mediterranean World from the Stone Age to A.D. 600 (Oxford University Press, 2004). She is now working on a biography of Galen.

Research and Teaching Interests

Selected Publications

The Ancient Mediterranean World from the Stone Age to A.D. 600 (Oxford University Press, 2004) [More Info]

Rome and the Enemy: Imperial Strategy in the Principate (University of California Press, 1999) [More Info]

Courses Taught

HIST2701H: World Civilizations I (Honors) [Syllabus]

HIST3311: History of Ancient Greece [Syllabus]

HIST3312: Roman History [Syllabus]

HIST3321: History of Women in the Ancient World [Syllabus]

HIST4225: Medicine, Healing, and the Body in Ancient Greece and Rome [Syllabus]

HIST4320: Law and Society in the Greco-Roman World [Syllabus]

HIST4990: Senior Seminar [Syllabus]