Robert C. Knapp

Robert C. Knapp (February 12, 1946–September 17, 2023) was an author, historian, and professor of Classics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Early life Raised in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, Knapp earned his B.A degree from Central Michigan University in 1968, majoring in history and Spanish. In 1973 he completed his PhD in ancient history at the University of Pennsylvania. His dissertation, under Robert E. A. Palmer, was on the Roman experience in the Spanish peninsula, 218-100 B.C.

Selected publications Aspects of the Roman Experience in Iberia, 206-100 B.C. 1980 Roman Córdoba. 2011. Latin Inscriptions from Central Spain. 1992. Finis Rei Publicae: Eyewitnesses to the End of the Roman Republic. 1999. (with Pamela Vaughn) Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. 2000. (editor for Iberia) Nemea III: The Coins. 2004. (with John Mac Isaac) Invisible Romans Profile, 2011. Clare 1865-1940. 2012. Mystery Man. Gangsters, Oil, and Murder in Michigan. 2013. The Dawn of Christianity People and Gods in a Time of Magic and Miracles. Harvard University Press, 2017.