John Hanson

John Hanson is a historian and archaeologist specialising in the urbanism of the Roman world. He holds a B.A. in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History from the University of Oxford, as well as an M.St. in Classical Archaeology and a D.Phil in Archaeology from the same institution. His thesis was titled 'An Urban Geography of the Roman World, 100 B.C. to A.D. 300' and was associated with the Oxford Roman Economy Project. He is now a Research Associate at the University of Colorado, Boulder, working for The Social Reactors Project: Human settlements and networks in history.