Dr Leslie Ivings holds a BA in Politics and History from the University of the North West in South Africa, a BA (Hons) in Ancient History and Classical Culture from Unisa, and a PhD from York for which his thesis was entitled 'Propaganda, Philosophy and Law the Image of the Emperor from Augustus to Constantine'. He taught History for ten years at the Matriculant level and is a book reviewer for the Cambridge University Press’s Journal of Classics Teaching, the Classical Review and the highly regarded independent Rhea Classical Review . He contributed two Chapters to the book Teaching Classics Worldwide, edited by Steven Hunt, published by Bloomsbury and is the author of Byzantine Emperor Constantine V published by Pen and Sword. With forthcoming Academic publications: The Palgrave Handbook of Teaching Classics in Africa, edited by Obert Mlambo and a full length biography of the Byzantine Emperor Theophilos commissioned by Routledge. He was recently elected as a council member of the South African Society of Legal Historians and it's Academic Scopus Indexed Journal - Fundamina, which brings together internationally distinguished academics from Edinburgh to Stellenbosch. He lives in South Africa.
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