Faculty and Staff
Richard E. Mitchell
Professor Emeritus of History
Professor Mitchell specializes in Roman history and historiography, formation of aristocratic society, early Rome, numismatics, Roman religion, and Roman law. His current research focuses on early Roman republican history, and ancient military development. Selected publications include "Roman History, Roman Law, and Roman Priests: The Common Ground," University of Illinois Law Review, vol. 3 (1984) 541-60; "The Definition of Patres and Plebs: An End to the Struggle of the Orders," in K. Raaflaub, ed., The Conflict of the Orders in Archaic Rome: New Approaches to Old Questions (University of California Press, 1986); and Patricians and Plebeians: The Origins of the Roman State (Cornell University Press, 1990). Professor Mitchell received his doctorate from the University of Cincinnati in 1965.