Brian McGing

Brian C. McGing is a papyrologist and ancient historian, who specialises in the Hellenistic period. He is Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College, Dublin.^[1] He is editor of the college's journal of the classical world, Hermathena.^[2]

In 2004, McGing was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA).^[3]

Selected publications

• Polybius' Histories. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010.
• The limits of ancient biography. Classical Press of Wales, 2006. (ed. with Judith Mossman)
• "Population and proselytism. How many Jews were there in the ancient world?" in John R. Barlett (ed.), Jews in the Hellenistic and Roman cities. London, 2002. pp. 88-106.
• "Revolt Egyptian style: Internal opposition to Ptolemaic rule", Archiv für Papyrusforschung und Verwandte Gebiete, 43 (1997), pp. 273-314.
• Greek papyri from Dublin. Bonn, 1995.
• "Appian's Mithridateios", Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt II, 34.1, Bonn, 1993. pp. 496-522.
• "Melitian monks at Labla", Tyche 5 (1990), pp. 67-94.
• The foreign policy of Mithridates VI Eupator King of Pontus. Leiden, 1986.

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