Dr. Carol J. King, BA (Saint Mary’s), BEd (Saint Mary’s), 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)

“Perdiccas and the Civil Confrontation at Babylon: Violence as Discipline,” in Repercussions of Violence under Alexander and his Successors, Karanos Supplement II (2026): 11-29. 

“Perdikkas 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. 

“Relationship of King and Army,” in Brill’s Companion to the Campaigns of Philip II and Alexander the Great, edited by Edward M. Anson, 479-500. Leiden: Brill, 2024.

“Macedonia,” in The Cambridge Companion to Alexander the Great, edited by Daniel Ogden, 147-164. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. 

“Guarding the Macedonian King: Royal Servitude, Political Jockeying, and Regicide,” in Brill’s 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

“Alexander’s Archers”

While the study of Alexander’s 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’s 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’s 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