Professor Andrew Wilson
Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire
MA, DPhil, FSA
University Academic Fellow since 2004
My research interests include the economy of the Roman Empire, ancient technology, ancient water supply and usage, Roman North Africa and archaeological field survey. I co-direct, with Alan Bowman, the Oxford Roman Economy Project (OxREP), and, with Chris Howgego, the Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire project. With Bill Finlayson, and with David Mattingly at Leicester and Graham Philip at Durham, I am also conducting a project on Endangered Archaeology in North Africa and the Middle East, using satellite imagery to assess threats to archaeological sites. I have undertaken excavations in Rome and Euesperides (Benghazi, Libya), at Aphrodisias (Turkey) and Utica (Tunisia), and have excavated and studied ancient water systems in Italy, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Syria, and Cyprus.
- University Academic Fellow, All Souls College (from 2004)
- University Lecturer in Roman Archaeology, University of Oxford and Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford (from 2000 to 2004)
- Fellow by Examination, Magdalen College, Oxford (from 1996 to 2000)
- Postgraduate, Corpus Christi College, Oxford (from 1993 to 1996)
- Factory Systems Analyst, Eurotherm (from 1991 to 1993)
- Undergraduate, Corpus Christi College, Oxford (from 1988 to 1991)
- Economy of the Roman empire
- Ancient technology
- Ancient water supply and usage
- Roman architecture
- Roman North Africa
- Field survey
- Excavation and field work: Aphrodisas Excavations (‘Place of Palms’), Turkey; Utica Excavations, Tunisia; Euesperides (Benghazi), Libya; Desert Migrations Project, Libya; Fazzan Project, Libya; Excavation in the Roman Forum, Rome; Janiculum Mills Project, Rome; El Anderin, Syria; Jerba Project, Tunisia; Sangro Valley Project, Italy; Yeronisos Island Expedition, Cyprus; Thamusida, Morocco; Leptiminus Archaeological Project, Tunisia
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Wilson, A. I., Ray, N. and Trentacoste, A. (eds) (2023). The Economy of Roman Religion (Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy). Oxford, Oxford University Press.
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Wilson, A. I. (2022). ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events: The end of classical urbanism in southwestern Asia Minor in the early seventh century AD’, in M. Whitby and P. Booth (eds), Mélanges James Howard-Johnston (Travaux et mémoires 26), 565–594. Paris: Association des Amis du Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance.
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Brughmans, T. and Wilson, A. I. (eds) (2022). Simulating Roman Economies: Theories, Methods, and Computational Models (Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy). Oxford, Oxford University Press.
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Duckworth, C. and Wilson, A. I. (eds) (2020). Recycling and Reuse in the Roman Economy (Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy). Oxford, Oxford University Press.
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Wilson, A. I. and Bowman, A. K. (eds) (2018). Trade, Commerce, and the State in the Roman World (Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy). Oxford, Oxford University Press.
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Wilson, A. I. and Flohr, M. (eds) (2016). Urban Craftsmen and Traders in the Roman World (Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy). Oxford, Oxford University Press.
- Link to full publications list
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Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, 2006–
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Foreign corresponding member of the Société nationale des Antiquaires de France, 2004–
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Chairman of The Society for Libyan Studies (2008–2011)
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Corresponding overseas member of the Société Nationale des Antiquaires de France
- Courses on Roman archaeology: cities and settlements under the Roman Empire
- Graduate courses on the archaeology of the Roman economy, Roman urban systems, Roman North Africa
- Supervision of doctoral theses on Roman archaeology, especially those connected with the Roman economy or Roman technology
- Co-director, with Professor Alan Bowman, of The Oxford Roman Economy Project.