Bret Devereaux
Ancient and military historian; writes A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry.
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- Bret Devereaux is an ancient and military historian who teaches as a teaching assistant professor at North Carolina State University.
- His research is on the Roman economy and the Roman military, and on how war, money and power shaped the lives of ordinary people in the ancient Mediterranean.
- His blog, A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry, publishes long series every Friday that check history against how films, novels and games tell it.
Key facts
- Position
- Teaching assistant professor, North Carolina State University (as of October 2026)1
- Education
- PhD ancient history, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; MA classical civilizations, Florida State University1
- Research
- Roman economy and Roman military1
- Blog
- A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry, updated every Friday1
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