Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Personal profile
Research Interests
The transition from the ancient to the medieval world, the ‘decline and fall’ of the Roman Empire in the west and its survival in the east, and the rise of Christianity AD 200-600.
Teaching
HS1105 Gods, Men and Power: An Introduction to the Ancient World from Homer to Mohammed
HS2004 The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic
HS2005 Rome and its Empire from Augustus to Commodus
HS2124 The Later Roman Empire
HS3296 Christians and Pagans from Constantine to Augustine
Major Publications
The Eusebians: The Polemic of Athanasius of Alexandria and the Construction of the “Arian Controversy” (OUP, 2007)
Athanasius of Alexandria: Bishop, Theologian, Ascetic, Father (OUP, 2012)
The Roman Republic (OUP, Very Short Introductions Series, 2012)
Christianity in the Later Roman Empire: A Sourcebook (Bloomsbury, 2014)
The Goths: Lost Civilizations (Reaktion Books, 2017)
and D. Brakke, The Festal Letters of Athanasius of Alexandria, with the Festal Index and the Historia Acephala (Liverpool University Press, 2022)
Research output
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Athanase, Nicée et la « controverse arienne »
Gwynn, D. M., 6 Dec 2024, In: Communio, Revue Catholique Internationale: Le Concile de Nicée. 296, p. 44-54Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Athanasius, Nicaea, and the “Arian Controversy”
Gwynn, D., 2024, In: Communio: International Catholic Review. 51 , 4, p. 622-633 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Athanasziosz, Nikaia es az “arianus vita”
Translated title of the contribution :Athanasius, Nicaea and the "Arian Controversy" Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Festal Letters of Athanasius of Alexandria, with the Festal Index and the Historia Acephala
Gwynn, D. & Brakke, D., 2022, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. 347 p. (Translated Texts for Historians)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Christology in the Pastoral Theology of Athanasius of Alexandria
Gwynn, D., 2021, In: Studia Patristica. CXII (Volume 9), p. 23-31 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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The Fall of Rome
Gwynn, D. (Speaker)
8 May 2025Activity: Talk, presentation or media contribution › Participation in a radio programme or podcast
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The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe
Gwynn, D. (Speaker)
9 Apr 2025 → 30 Apr 2025Activity: Talk, presentation or media contribution › Invited talk
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Civilisations: Rise and Fall
Gwynn, D. (Speaker)
Mar 2025 → Nov 2025Activity: Talk, presentation or media contribution › Participation in TV programme
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The Third Century Crisis
Gwynn, D. (Speaker)
9 Jan 2025Activity: Talk, presentation or media contribution › Participation in a radio programme or podcast
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Emperor Justinian: Savior or Destroyer of the Roman Empire?
Gwynn, D. (Speaker)
22 Aug 2024Activity: Talk, presentation or media contribution › Invited talk