Barbara M. Levick (born 21 June 1931) is a British historian , specializing in ancient history. She was educated at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and, since 1959, has been a Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford (now emeritus). She is a prolific writer and occasional broadcaster on Roman history.
Levick is best known to the general public for her biographies of Roman emperors.
Claudius Isabelle Cogitore .Nero The Year of the Four Emperors (2000)Tiberius the Politician (1976)Vespasian Tiberius the Politician. London: Thames and Hudson, 1976. Reprint, London: Croom Helm, 1988. ISBN 0-7099-4132-3.Augustus: Image and Substance. London: Longman, 2010. ISBN 9780582894211.Catiline. London: Bloomsbury, 2015. ISBN 9781472534897.Articles Two Pisidian Colonial Families . In: The Journal of Roman Studies , Vol. 48, No. 1/2 (1958), pp. 74–78Acerbissima Lex Servilia . In: The Classical Review , New Series, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Dec., 1967), pp. 256–258A Cry from the Heart from Tiberius Caesar? . In: Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte , Vol. 27, No. 1 (1st Qtr., 1978), pp. 95–101Poena Legis Maiestatis . In: Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte , Vol. 28, No. 3 (3rd Qtr., 1979), pp. 358–379Claudius Speaks: Two Imperial Contretemps . In: Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte , Vol. 38, No. 1 (1st Qtr., 1989), pp. 112–116Abdication and Agrippa Postumus . In: Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte , Vol. 21, No. 4 (4th Qtr., 1972), pp. 674–697The Beginning of Tiberius' Career . In: The Classical Quarterly , New Series, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Nov., 1971), pp. 478–486Cicero, Brutus 43. 159 ff., and the Foundation of Narbo Martius . In: The Classical Quarterly , New Series, Vol. 21, No. 1 (May, 1971), pp. 170–179
