Faculty + Staff
Dr. Carol J. King, BA (Saint Mary檚), BEd (Saint Mary檚), MA (Dalhousie), PhD (Brown); Associate Professor, Classics
AS332C | 709-639-6563 | cking@grenfell.mun.ca
Research interests/expertise
Alexander the Great, Ancient Macedonia, Greek history and literature, Greek and Roman historiography
Teaching
Greek and Roman civilization and history, classical literature in translation, elementary Latin and Greek; film studies
Representative scholarly contributions (e.g. publications, presentations or creative works)
淧erdiccas and the Civil Confrontation at Babylon: Violence as Discipline, in Repercussions of Violence under Alexander and his Successors, Karanos Supplement II (2026): 11-29.
淧erdikkas son of Orontes: Successor to Alexander the Great, in Macedon and Its Influences: Narratives of Politics of War in Honor of Edward M. Anson. Colloquia Antiqua 44, edited by Jeanne Reames and Graham Wrightson, 193-210. Leuven: Peeters, 2025.
淩elationship of King and Army, in Brill檚 Companion to the Campaigns of Philip II and Alexander the Great, edited by Edward M. Anson, 479-500. Leiden: Brill, 2024.
淢acedonia, in The Cambridge Companion to Alexander the Great, edited by Daniel Ogden, 147-164. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024.
淕uarding the Macedonian King: Royal Servitude, Political Jockeying, and Regicide, in Brill檚 Companion to Bodyguards in the Ancient Mediterranean World, edited by Mark Hebblewhite and Conor Whately, 128-153. Leiden: Brill, 2022.
Current research projects and grants
淎lexander檚 Archers
While the study of Alexander檚 army is extensively discussed in scholarship there has been no study devoted to either archery in Macedonia or archers as a military unit in Alexander檚 army. My objective is to illuminate as much as possible the role of archers in set battles, sieges, and guerilla warfare as a unit(s) in the use of combined arms: Where do archers fit into the deployment? At what point during sieges and battles are they utilized? What is their level of success? What are the changes to their numbers and composition during Alexander檚 eastern expedition (334-323 BCE)?
Memberships and affiliations
Member of the Managing Committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Honours, graduate and post-graduate supervision
PhD Thesis external examiner