Duane W. Roller

Duane W. Roller (born October 7, 1946) is an American archaeologist, author, and professor emeritus of classics, Greek and Latin at the Ohio State University.

Education
Roller received his Bachelor of Arts degree in letters from the University of Oklahoma in 1966. In 1968, he received his Master of Arts in Latin from the same institution. He obtained his PhD in classical archaeology from Harvard University in 1971.

Career
Roller is a professor emeritus of classics at the Ohio State University, retiring in 2007 but continuing lectures throughout the U.S. In 2008, he was granted a position as a Karl-Franzens Distinguished Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Graz in Graz, Austria. He has led or participated in various archaeological excavations. These include Greco-Roman sites located in Greece, Italy, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, and northwestern Africa.

Roller is the author of various works, ranging from over two-hundred scholarly journal articles and twelve published books. These works include The Building Program of Herod the Great (1998), focused on Herod the Great of the Herodian kingdom of Judaea, and Cleopatra: a Biography (2010), recounting the early life, reign, and death of Cleopatra VII of Ptolemaic Egypt. His book Tanagran Studies (1989) focuses on the ancient city of Tanagra. He has also published material on the history of geography with his book Ancient Geography (2015).

Awards and grants
Roller has been the recipient of numerous rewards for academic work. These include four Fulbright Awards for his teaching roles in India, Poland, Malta, and Austria. He has also received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Geographic Society.

Personal life
Roller lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.