Edward J. Watts

Edward J. Watts is the author of The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea and Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny. He holds the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair and is professor of history at the University of California, San Diego. The author and editor of several prize-winning books, including The Final Pagan Generation, he lives in Carlsbad, California.