Gregory S. Aldrete
Gregory S. Aldrete is a Professor Emeritus of history and humanistic studies at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay.
Academic career
He was the Frankenthal Professor of History and Humanities at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, where he had been teaching since 1995. His emphasis is on rhetoric and oratory, floods in Rome, ancient Greek and Roman history, and daily life in the Roman world. He earned his A.B. degree cum laude in History from Princeton University in 1988, and his M.A. degree in 1993 and Ph.D. in 1995, both in Ancient History from the University of Michigan. Aldrete speaks Latin, ancient Greek, Spanish, and can read texts in Italian, French, and German.Books
Aldrete has written the books Gestures and Acclamations in Ancient Rome, Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome, The Encyclopedia of Daily Life in the Ancient World, Daily Life in the Ancient Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia, ''The Long Shadow of Antiquity: What Have the Greeks and Romans Done for Us?, and Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor: Unraveling the Linothorax Mystery''.Research
Aldrete has conducted research on a type of ancient cloth body armor. Aldrete is a member of the Phaeton Group, serving as the group's ancient historian, as well as its secretary and treasurer.Aldrete's interdisciplinary approach to the study of the ancient world, which he incorporates into his lectures, has earned him fellowships. Apart from numerous research trips to Italy, Aldrete has studied Vatican Library manuscripts.