Who is Ray Laurence?
Ray Laurence is professor of ancient history at Macquarie University. He built his early reputation on two books about the Roman city of Pompeii.
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What prizes has Ray Laurence won?
Ray Laurence won the Routledge Ancient History Prize for his first book, Roman Pompeii: Space and Society, published in 1996. He later won the Longman-History Today New Generation Prize for Pompeii: The Living City, published in 2006.
Where was Ray Laurence educated?
Ray Laurence was educated at Leighton Park School and at Newcastle University, both in the United Kingdom.
What was Ray Laurence's first book?
Ray Laurence's first book was Roman Pompeii: Space and Society, published in 1996. It won him the Routledge Ancient History Prize.
What other books has Ray Laurence written?
Beyond his two Pompeii prize books, Ray Laurence has published Growing Up and Growing Old in Ancient Rome (2001), The Cultural History of Childhood and Family in Antiquity (2010), The Roads of Roman Italy: Mobility and Cultural Change (2011), The City in the Roman West (2011), Roman Archaeology for Historians (2012), Rome, Ostia, Pompeii: Movement and Space (2012), and The Cultural History of Shopping in Antiquity (2022).
When did Ray Laurence publish Pompeii: The Living City?
Ray Laurence published Pompeii: The Living City in 2006. It won him the Longman-History Today New Generation Prize.