Michael P. Speidel

Michael Paul Speidel (born May 25, 1937) is a German-born American military historian and archaeologist who specializes in the study of the Roman army and ancient warfare. He is considered one of the world's foremost experts on ancient warfare. He then went to the United States to lecture ancient history. In 1968 Speidel became Associate Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He has since been promoted to Full Professor at the university, where he teaches the history of Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, the ancient Near East, the Spanish Empire, the Portuguese Empire, and world cultures.

Selected works

Books Die Equites singulares Augusti, 1965 Guards of the Roman Armies, 1978. The Religion of Iuppiter Dolichenus in the Roman Army, E. J. Brill, 1978. Mithras-Orion: Greek Hero and Roman Army God, 1980. Iuppiter Dolichenus, 1980. Roman Army Studies, Vol. 1 (Mavors Roman Army Researches, Vol. I), J.C. Gieben, 1984. Roman Army Studies, Vol. 2 (Mavors Roman Army Researches, Vol. VIII), F. Steiner, 1992. The Framework of an Imperial Legion: The Fifth Annual Caerleon Lecture in Honorem Aquilae Legionis II Augustae, National Museum of Wales, 1992. Commodus the God-Emperor and the Army, 1993. Die Denkmäler der Kaiserreiter: Equites singulares Augusti, 1994. Riding for Caesar: The Roman Emperors’ Horse Guards, 1994. Ancient Germanic Warriors: Warrior Styles from Trajan’s Column to Icelandic Sagas, 2004. Emperor Hadrian’s speeches to the African Army: A New Text, 2007. Dawn of Japan: Emperor Jimmu with his Gods and Warriors on Third-Century Bronze Mirrors (co-author Tomoko Fukushima), Reichert Verlag, 2010.