Tony King

I am Professor of Roman Archaeology. My BA was gained at the Institute of Archaeology, London, in 1975, specialising in Roman archaeology, and after a year working in the Air Photo Unit of the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, I went on to PhD research in Roman samian ware, also at the Institute. This was completed in 1985. Meanwhile, I started lecturing at Winchester in a part-time capacity in 1980, and at the same time teaching for the University of London. In 1986 I took over responsibility for the Archaeology modules within the History degree programme, eventually bringing Archaeology to Single Honours status in the early 1990s. At the same time, Archaeology became a separate subject group in the College (as it was then), and I became its Head, a responsibility I continued to hold until 2006, when I became Associate Dean in the Faculty. Following this I was Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange until August 2013. I was appointed Professor in 1997 and Emeritus Professor in 2020.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Romano-British religion
The archaeology of Roman Britain
Villa economies
Italy in the 1st millennium BC to the 1st millennium AD
Vertebrate zooarchaeology