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William Bubelis
Titles 
Assistant Professor

Degree 
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Office 
January Hall, Room 207
Phone/Email
314-935-4770
wbubelis@artsci.wustl.edu
Publications 

“Divine and Public Wealth in Early Sparta: Problems and Parallels” (forthcoming)
Review of K. Liampi Argilos. A Historical and Numismatic Study in Numismatic Chronicle 167 (2007), 315-21

“An Overstruck Stater of the Cypriot Kingdom of Salamis” American Journal of Numismatics 16-17 (2004-05), 1-5

“Geometric Burial Uncovered at Corinth” Ákoue 50 (Summer 2003), 4

Work in Progress
“Economic Perspectives on Artistic Personality and Production in Ancient Greece”
Numismatic reports for the excavations conducted at Chersonese, Ukraine, by the University of Texas at Austin

Selected papers

2007
“Feasts, Patronage, and Divine Treasure: The Spartans and their Gods” at Washington University
“Divine Wealth in Early Sparta: Problems and Parallels” at the ‘Comparative Approaches to Sparta’ Conference, Nottingham UK
“From Athletes to Treasurers: Expressions of Power and Prestige in Early Athens” at Washington University

2005
"The Hero Klaïkophoros: Responses to Democratic Accountability in the Hellenistic Peloponnese" at Annual Meeting of the APA

2004
“Imperial Boundaries and Commercial Prosopography: The Case of Bankers in Ptolemaic Egypt” at Annual Meeting of the APA

2003
“Apoikia, Polis, Emporion, Phrourion: The Settlement at Eïon in Thrace” at The University of Chicago

1997
“The Treasury Administration of Lydia under King Croesus, 560-546 B.C.” at the Northwest Regional Conference of Phi Alpha Theta (Boise)

Courses 

Not Members of this Club: Women and Slaves in the Greco-Roman World

Greek History: Archaic and Classical

Money, Exchange, and Power: Society and Economy of the Ancient Mediterranean World

Beginning Greek

The Attic Orators

Research Interests:

William Bubelis’ interests in ancient Greek history and literature center upon the economy and society of ancient Greece and adjoining regions of the Near East, spanning the period c. 900 BC to AD 300. His research examines how a nexus of political, economic, cultural, and religious factors interacted to condition the historical development of societies ringing the ancient Mediterranean. Currently, he is at work on a book-length project that explores how various Greek states such as Athens and Sparta funded and administered their gods’ sanctuaries and festivals, and what the implications might be for their political stability as well as their financial structure and religious character.

Bubelis received B.A.s in both Greek and History (honors) from the University of Washington, and completed his Ph.D. in the Dept. of Classics at the University of Chicago.  In addition, he was the John Williams White Fellow at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens in 2002-03, and more recently he participated in the Graduate Seminar at the American Numismatic Society for 2006.

For classroom lectures as well as research, Bubelis draws upon a diverse array of evidence that includes Greek and Latin inscriptions, papyri, cuneiform and other documents, coins, literary and historical texts, and also archaeology.