Ben Abbott

Visiting Assistant Professor  

Office: Filene Hall 210
Telephone: 518-580-5223
Email: babbott@skidmore.edu

Education:

• Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (2023)
• B.A., Binghamton University (2015

Dissertation:

• Forging the Anchor: Antiochus I and the Creation of the Seleucid Empire

Research interests:

• Greek and Roman history
• Seleucid history and archaeology
• Hellenistic empires
• Ancient imperial ideology and propaganda
• Race and ethnicity in antiquity
• Achaemenid studies
• Nomadic cultures of ancient Central Asia
• Ancient Silk Road studies

Fieldwork:

• Khaytabad Archaeological Survey Project (Uzbekistan)
• Gordion Archaeological Project (Turkey)
• Naxçivan Archaeological Project (Azerbaijan)

Selected publications:

• (forthcoming) “(Re)Builder of Cities: Seleucid Central Asia under Antiochus I”
• “Elephants, Greeks, and Gold: The Silk Road in the Age of Hellenistic Empires.” In X. Liu ed. The World of the Ancient Silk Road (Routledge). 2022.