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 (1990); this biography was translated into French in 2002 by historian Isabelle Cogitore .Nero The Year of the Four Emperors (2000)Tiberius the Politician (1976)Vespasian (1999)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