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Walter Ameling took his doctorate at the University of Würzburg. From 1996 to 2008 he taught and researched ancient history at the University of Jena, and since 2008 has held the Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach professorial Chair at the Universität zu Köln. His books include a major study of early Carthage, Karthago: Studien zu Militär, Staat und Gesellschaft (München, 1993). Pedro Barceló holds the Chair of Ancient History at the Universität Potsdam, after previous Chairs in Eichstätt, Heidelberg, and Erfurt. He is cofounder of the international research group “Potestas,” based at Universität Potsdam and the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón, Spain, and is a member of the Real Academia de la Historia de España. His works embrace many fields of antiquity, and include studies of Constantine's dynasty, Greek kingship and tyranny, Roman Spain, and many books on Carthage, most recently Hannibal: Stratege und Staatsmann (2008). Hans Beck is John MacNaughton Professor and Director of Classical Studies at McGill University in Montreal. He has published widely on the Roman Republic, including a two-volume edition of the early Roman historians, co-authored with Uwe Walter, and a book on the Republican nobility, Karriere und Hierarchie (2005). Other research interests include the history of Greek government and federalism, ancient historiography, and cross-cultural approaches toward ruling ... log in or subscribe to read full text