CURRICULUM VITAE
DAVID GILMAN ROMANO
OFFICE ADDRESS
Mediterranean Section phone (215) 898-4437
The University of Pennsylvania Museum fax (215) 573-2906
of Archaeology and Anthropologye-mail:
3260 South Street
Philadelphia, Pa. 19104-6324.
HOME ADDRESS
212 Valley Road,phone (610) 667-0921
Merion Station, Pennsylvania 19066-1543.
PERSONAL
- Married to Irene Bald Romano 1978
- Three daughters: Katherine MacLeod 1983, Elizabeth Scott 1987, Sarah Gilman 1987
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Classical Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1981.
- Member and Fellow, AmericanSchool of Classical Studies at Athens, 1976-1980.
- M.A. (with Honors), Physical Education, University of Oregon, 1972.
- A.B., Art and Archaeology, WashingtonUniversity, St. Louis, 1969.
HONORS
- Honorary Member, Arcadian Society of Letters and Arts, Athens, November 2004.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- Adjunct Professor of Classical Studies, Department of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2003-
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Department of Classical Studies,
University of Pennsylvania, 1997- 2003.
- Elizabeth A. Whitehead Visiting Professor, AmericanSchool of Classical Studies at Athens, 1994-1995.
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Classical Archaeology, Department of Classical Studies,
University of Pennsylvania, 1988-1990.
- Lecturer in Classical Archaeology, Department of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 1982-1987, 1992,1993,1995,1996.
- Secretary of the School, AmericanSchool of Classical Studies at Athens, 1977-1978.
David Gilman Romano
CURRENT ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- Adjunct Professor of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2003-
- Member, Graduate Group in Ancient History, University of Pennsylvania, 1997-
- Member, Graduate Group in Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World,
University of Pennsylvania, 1997-
- Member, Graduate Group in Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 1997-
MUSEUM APPOINTMENTS
- Curatorial Consultant, Greek and Roman Collection, The GlencairnMuseum, Bryn Athyn, Pa.,
1981-1999
- Keeper of the Collections, 1985-1999 and Research Associate, 1995-1999, Mediterranean
Section, The University of PennsylvaniaMuseum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
CURRENT MUSEUM APPOINTMENTS
- Senior Research Scientist, 1999- Mediterranean Section, The University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
- Director, Corinth Computer Project, 1988-
- Co-Director and Field Director, Mt.Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project, 2003-
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE
1976Staff Member, University of California, Berkeley, Nemea Excavations
1977Student, Excavation Training Session, Corinth Excavations, ASCSA
1977Staff Member, University of California, Berkeley, Nemea Excavations
1978Student excavator, Corinth Excavations, ASCSA
1979Staff Member, University of California, Berkeley, Nemea Excavations
1981Olivia James Travelling Fellow, AIA, Stadia of Asia Minor
1988Director Corinth Computer Project, ASCSA and The UniversityMuseum
Survey of Nemea Stadium for University of California, Nemea Excavations.
Survey of Tsoungiza for NemeaValley Archaeological Project, Dr. J. Wright.
Survey of Argive Heraion for Mr. C. Pfaff.
1989Director, Corinth Computer Project, ASCSA and The UniversityMuseum
Survey of Nemea Stadium for University of California, Nemea Excavations.
Survey of Panakton for Panakton Survey, Dr. M. Munn.
1990Director, Corinth Computer Project, ASCSA and The UniversityMuseum
Survey of Nemea Stadium for University of California, Nemea Excavations.
1991Director, Corinth Computer Project, ASCSA and The UniversityMuseum
Survey of Nemea Stadium for University of California, Nemea Excavations
1992Director, Corinth Computer Project, ASCSA and The UniversityMuseum
Survey of Nemea Stadium for University of California, Nemea Excavations.
Survey of Temple of Apollo, Corinth for Dr. C. Pfaff.
1993Director, Corinth Computer Project, ASCSA and The UniversityMuseum
Survey of Nemea Stadium for University of California, Nemea Excavations.
Survey of Argive Heraion for Dr. C. Pfaff.
1994Director, Corinth Computer Project, ASCSA and The UniversityMuseum
Survey of Nemea Stadium for University of California, Nemea Excavations.
David Gilman Romano
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE
1995Director, Corinth Computer Project, ASCSA and The UniversityMuseum
Survey of Athenian Agora Excavations, ASCSA, for Dr. John Camp
Survey of Nemea Stadium for University of CaliforniaNemea Excavations
Survey of Stymphalus for Richard Anderson and Dr. Hector Williams
Survey of Minoan town and palace at Gournia, Dr. V. Watrous.
1996Director, Corinth Computer Project, ASCSA and The UniversityMuseum
Director, Mt. Lykaion Survey Project.
1997Director, Corinth Computer Project, ASCSA and The UniversityMuseum
Survey of Minoan town and palace at Gournia, Dr. V. Watrous.
Research Co-ordinator, Poggia Colla Excavations
1998Director, Corinth Computer Project, ASCSA and The UniversityMuseum
1998Assistant Director of Research, MugelloValley Archaeological Project
1999Director, Corinth Computer Project, ASCSA and The UniversityMuseum
1999Director of Research, MugelloValley Archaeological Project
2000Director, Corinth Computer Project, ASCSA and The UniversityMuseum
2000Director of Research, MugelloValley Archaeological Project
2000Co-Director, Mugello Roman and Medieval Mapping Project, The University of Pennsylvania
Museum and the University of Macerata.
2001Director, Corinth Computer Project, ASCSA and The University of PennsylvaniaMuseum
2002Director, Corinth Computer Project, ASCSA and The University of PennsylvaniaMuseum
2003Director, Corinth Computer Project, ASCSA and The University of PennsylvaniaMuseum
2004 Director, Corinth Computer Project. ASCSA and The University of PennsylvaniaMuseum
2005Director, Corinth Computer Project. ASCSA and The University of PennsylvaniaMuseum
2006Director, Corinth Computer Project. ASCSA and The University of PennsylvaniaMuseum
2007Director, Corinth Computer Project. ASCSA and The University of PennsylvaniaMuseum
2004Co-Director and Field Director, Mt.Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project
2005Co-Director and Field Director, Mt.Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project
2006Co-Director and Field Director, Mt.Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project
2007Co-Director and Field Director, Mt.Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Research Technician, Biological Research, StrongMemorialHospital, University of Rochester,
Summers 1963, 1964, 1967.
- Research Technician, Genetic Research, University of Aarhus, Denmark,
Summers 1965, 1966.
- Apprentice Teacher, The Shady HillSchool, Cambridge, Mass., 1969-1970.
- Instructor, EugenePublic School System, Eugene, Oregon, 1972-1973.
- Lecturer, State Lecture Program, The University Museum, 1981-1984.
FELLOWSHIPS
- Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Oregon, 1973-1974.
- Eugene Vanderpool Fellow, AmericanSchool of Classical Studies at Athens, 1979-1980.
- University of Pennsylvania Fellow, AmericanSchool of Classical Studies at Athens,
1979-1980.
- Olivia James Traveling Fellow, Archaeological Institute of America, 1981.
- Markoe Fellow, The UniversityMuseum, University of Pennsylvania, 1984-1985.
David Gilman Romano
PUBLICATIONS, BOOKS
1993Athletics and Mathematics in Archaic Corinth: The Origins of the Greek Stadion, Memoirs of The American Philosophical Society, volume 206, Philadelphia.
1999With Irene Bald Romano, The Catalogue of the Classical Collection of the GlencairnMuseum, Bryn Athyn, Pa.
2002In collaboration with Lothar Haselberger, Mapping Augustan Rome, Journal of Roman
Archaeology, Supplement 50, Portsmouth, R.I.
BOOK AWARD
- John Frederick Lewis Award of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, November 1993, Athletics and Mathematics in Archaic Corinth: The Origins of the Greek Stadion, Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society. 1993.
PUBLICATIONS, CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
1993"Post 146 B.C. Land Use in Corinth and Early Planning of the Roman Colony, 44 B.C.," in The Corinthia in The Roman Period, Timothy E. Gregory, ed.,Journal of Roman Archaeology, Supplement No. 8 (1993), pp. 9-31.
1996"Lykourgos, The Panathenaia and the Great Altar of Athena: Further Thoughts concerning the Pnyx Hill," The Pnyx in the History of Athens, B. Forsén and G. Stanton, eds., Finnish Institute at Athens, 1996, Helsinki, pp. 71-85.
2000 A Tale of Two Cities: Roman Colonies at Corinth,” Romanization and the City: Creation,
Transformations and Failures, Elizabeth Fentress, ed., Journal of Roman Archaeology, Supplement 38, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 2000, pp. 83-104.
2003 “City Planning, Centuriation and Land Division in Roman Corinth: Colonia Laus Iulia
Corinthiensis and Colonia Iulia Flavia Augusta Corinthiensis,” in C.K. Williams and N. Bookidis, eds., Corinth XX, The Centenary, 1896-1996, ASCSA, pp. 279-301.
2004“Multiple Victors at Olympia: Images, Portraits and Icons,” in The Olympic Games in Antiquity, Atrapos Press, M.A. Kaila, G. Thill, H. Theodoropoulou, Y. Xanthacou, eds., Athens, 2004, pp. 94-133.
2005“Urban and Rural Planning in Roman Corinth,” in Urban Religion in Roman Corinth: Interdisciplinary Approaches, ed. by D.N. Schowalter and S.J. Friesen, Harvard Theological Studies, 53,Cambridge, 2005, pp. 25-59.
2007"Judges and Judging at the Ancient Olympic Games," in Onward to the Olympics: Historical Perspectives on the Olympic Games, G.P. Schaus and S.W. Wenn, eds., Canadian Institute in Athens #5, Wilfred Laurier Press, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2007, pp. 95-114.
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PUBLICATIONS, ARTICLES
1968with Johannes Nielsen, George Sturup, Takayuki Tsuboi, "XYY Chromosomal Constitution in Criminal Psychopaths," Letter to the Editor, The Lancet,September 7, 1968.
1969with Johannes Nielsen, George Sturup, Takayuki Tsuboi, "Prevalence of the XYY Syndrome in an Institution for Psychologically Abnormal Criminals," Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 45 (1969) pp. 383-401.
1972An Analysis of Ancient Greek Athletic Architecture and Its Application to a Contemporary American University, M.A. Thesis, Physical Education, University of Oregon, 1972.
1977"An Early Stadium at Nemea," Hesperia46 (1977) pp. 27-31.
1981The Stadia of the Peloponnesos, Ph.D. Dissertation in Classical Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1981.
1981"The Origins and Evolution of the Ancient Greek Stadium," AmericanSchool of Classical Studies at Athens Newsletter, Fall 1981, p. 19.
1982"The Stadium of Eumenes II at Pergamon," American Journal of Archaeology 86 (1982) pp. 586-589.
1983"The Ancient Stadium: Athletes and Arete," The Ancient World 7 (1983) pp. 9-16.
1983with V.C. Pigott, "A Bronze Siren Cauldron Attachment from Bryn Athyn," MASCA Journal 2 (1983) pp. 124-129.
1984"The Road to Olympia - 300 B.C.," The New York Times, May 6, 1984, Views of Sport, p. 2S.
1984"Today's Olympics: Old Problems?," The Summer Pennsylvanian,May 31, 1984, p. 3.
1985"The Panathenaic Stadium and Theater of Lykourgos: A Re-examination of the Facilities on the Pnyx Hill," American Journal of Archaeology 89 (1985) pp. 441-454.
1985Guest Editor, Expedition, 27, 2 (1985), 'Exploring 5000 Years of Athletics'.
1985"Introduction" pp. 3-5, and "Boycotts, Bribes and Fines: The Ancient Olympic Games," pp. 10-21, Expedition 27, 2 (1985).
1986with Irene Bald Romano and Lisa Stigelman, Greece and Rome: The Classical World, Exhibit catalogue from the GlencairnMuseum, Bryn Athyn, Pa., March 1986.
1989"The Athena Polias Project/The Corinth Computer Project: Computer Mapping and City Planning in the Ancient World," Academic Computing, March 1989, pp. 28 ff.
1990"Computerized Survey Underway: Corinth Computer Project," AmericanSchool of Classical Studies at Athens Newsletter, Spring 1990, No. 25, pp. 10-11.
1990"Philip of Macedon, Alexander the Great and the Ancient Olympic Games", The World of Philip and Alexander, The UniversityMuseum, 1990, pp. 61-79.
David Gilman Romano
PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES
1993with Benjamin C. Schoenbrun, "A Computerized Architectural and Topographical Survey of Ancient Corinth," The Journal of Field Archaeology20,2 (1993) pp. 177-190.
1994with P.G. Warden, "The Course of Glory: Greek Art in a Roman Context at the Villa of the Papyri (Herculaneum), Art History 17 (1994) pp. 224-250.
1994“Greek Land Division and Planning at Corinth,” abstract, AJA 98, 1994, p. 296.
1995with Osama Tolba, "Remote Sensing, GIS and electronic surveying: reconstructing the city plan and landscape of Roman Corinth," Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology 1994, eds., Jeremy Huggett and Nick Ryan, BAR International Series 600, 1995, pp. 163-174.
1994"Seminar Explores Techniques of AncientCity Planning," AmericanSchool of Classical Studies at Athens Newsletter, Spring 1995, No. 35, p. 1, 10.
1995with Donald White, Keith DeVries, Irene Bald Romano and Yelena Stolyarik, The Ancient Greek
World, The Rodney S. Young Gallery, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia.
1996with Osama Tolba, "Remote Sensing and GIS in the Study of RomanCenturiation in the Corinthia, Greece," Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology 1995,Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia, LeidenUniversity, pp. 457-463.
1997“Stadium” entry in Dictionary of Art, Macmillan Publishers Limited, London, pp.
1997 With Chris Rorres, “Finding the Center of a Circular Starting Line in an Ancient Greek Stadium,” Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Review, 39, 4, pp. 745-754.
1997“The Corinth Computer Project: Reconstructing the City Plan and Landscape of Roman Corinth,” in Archaeological Applications of GIS, Proceedings of Colloquium II, UISPP XIII Congress, Forli, Italy September 1996, Ian Johnson and MacLaren North, eds., SydneyUniversity Archaeological Methods Series 5.
1997“GIS Based Analysis of Ancient Land Division in the Corinthia, Greece” in COST ACTION G2, Paysages Antiques et Structures Rurales, The Use of Geographic Information Systems in the Study of Ancient Landscapes and Features Related to Ancient Land Use, John Peterson, ed., European Commission, Brussels, 1998, pp. 21-30.
1998“Planning the Forum in Roman Corinth,” abstract, AJA 102 1998, p. 377.
1998With Nicholas L. Stapp, “Piecing Together the City and Territory of Roman Corinth,” Archaeological Computing Newsletter, 52, Winter 1998, pp. 1-7.
1999“A Curved Start for Corinth’s Fifth-century Racecourse,” Appearance and Essence. Refinements
of Classical Architecture: Curvature, Lothar Haselberger, ed., Philadelphia, 1999, pp. 283-288.
2002 With Nicholas L. Stapp, “Corinth Computer Project: Internet Education,” Archaeological
Informatics: Pushing the Envelope CAA 2001, Goran Burenhult, ed., BAR International Series
1016, 2002, 295-300.
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PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES
2002“Une étude topographique informatisée: centuriations de Corinthe et aménagement du territoire,”
in Atlas Historique des cadastres d’Europe II, Commission européenne, Action COST G2, Paysages anciens et structures rurales, Luxembourg, 2002, 4T.
2003 with Douglas Arbittier, Osama Tolba, Nicholas L. Stapp, and Andrew Insua, “The Use of GIS
and Remote Sensing in the Study of MinoanTown Planning at Gournia,” CAA 2002
Proceedings, Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Conference, Heraklion, Crete. 2003, pp. 155-160.
2003With Nicholas L. Stapp and Andrew B. Gallia, “Making the Map,” Mapping Augustan Rome, Journal of Roman Archaeology, Supplement 50, Providence, R.I., pp. 29-39.
2003"Minoan Surveyors and Town Planning at Gournia," METRON, 9th International Aegean Conference, Yale University, Aegaeum 25, K. Foster and R. Laffineur, eds., September 2003 pp. 247-256, figs. XLVIII-L.
2004 When the Games Began: Sport, Religion and Politics converged in Ancient Olympia,”
Archaeology Odyssey, July/August 2004, vol. 7 no. 4, pp. 12-21.
2005 “A Roman Circus in Corinth,” Hesperia 74, pp. 585-611.
2005 “A New Topographical and Architectural Survey of the Sanctuary of Zeus at Mt.Lykaion,” in
Ancient Arcadia, Papers from the Norwegian Institute at Athens, Erik Østby, ed., Athens, pp. 381-396.
2006 with Nicholas L. Stapp and Mark Davison, “Mapping Augustan Rome: Towards the Digital
Successor,” in Imaging Ancient Rome, Lothar Haselberger and John Humphrey, eds., JRA,
Supplement 61, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, pp. 271-282.
2006 “Roman Surveyors in Corinth,” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, vol 150, no.
1, March, pp. 62-85.
PUBLICATIONS, EDUCATIONAL VIDEO AND AUDIO
1996The Ancient Olympics: Athletes, Games and Heroes, educational video, Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio. Executive Producer, Getzel M. Cohen.
1999Greed, Bribes and Scandals, educational audio tape, Institute of Mediterranean Studies, Getzel M. Cohen, Executive Producer, Cincinnati, Ohio
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PUBLICATIONS, WORLD WIDE WEB
1995World Wide Web site: Corinth Computer Project, first release
2000World Wide Web site, Corinth Computer Project, second release,
1996World Wide Web site, The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games,
2002Culture and Tradition: The Ancient Olympic Games,” commissioned article written for the Salt Lake City Organizing Committee of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games,
2004 Wide Web site, The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games, second release,
2004World Wide Web site: Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project,
REVIEWS
1988Review of J.J. Pollitt, Art in the Hellenistic Age, University of Cambridge Press (1986) in Classical Outlook, 65, 4, May-June 1988.
1990Review of Wendy J. Raschke, ed., The Archaeology of the Olympics, The Olympic and Other Festivals of Antiquity, University of Wisconsin Press (1988) in The Classical World, 83, 1990, pp. 363-364.
1991Review of Jeanette Greenfield, The Return of Cultural Treasures, Cambridge University Press, New York (1989) in The Classical World, 85, 1991, pp. 136-137.
1993Review of Stephen G. Miller, Arete, Greek Sports from Ancient Sources, Second Edition, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 4.2.7 (1993), pp. 106-110.
1996Review of James R. McCredie, et. al., The Rotunda of Arsinoe, Samothrace, Excavations conducted by the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, Vol. 7, Princeton (1992) in The Classical World, 89,3 (1996), pp. 236- 237.
2000Review of Olympia, 2800 Years of Athletic Games: From Ancient Greece to the Modern Revival, Finatec Multimedia, Athens, Archaeology, 53, 2, March/April 2000, p. 89.
2001Review of Panos Valavanis, Hysplex: The Starting Mechanism in Ancient Stadia: A Contribution to Ancient Technology, University of California Press, 1999, American Journal of Archaeology, 105.2, April 2001, pp. 353-354.
2001Review of Barry Cunliffe, The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Great, Walker Publishing Company, New York,Expedition, 46, 2004, p.45.
2006Review of Stephen G. Miller, Ancient Greek Athletics, YaleUniversity Press, 2004, American
Journal of Archaeology, 110, pp. 673-4.
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PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS
- The Planning of Roman Corinth, Results of the Corinth Computer Project, projected volume in the Corinth Excavations Series, AmericanSchool of Classical Studies at Athens. To include text volume, gazetteer, CD’s.
- Final Publication of the Stadium at Halieis, excavated by The University of Pennsylvania and IndianaUniversity.
SELECTED PAPERS DELIVERED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
1974"Greek Athletic Ideals as Represented in the Sculpture of Polykleitos", read at the North American Society for Sport History Annual Meeting, London, Ontario.
1980"The Ancient Stadium: Athletes and Arete," read at the American Philological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass.
1981"The Stadium of Eumenes II at Pergamon", read at the General Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, San Francisco.
1982"The Panathenaic Stadium and Theater of Lykourgos," read at the General Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia.
1985"Fast Tracks For Barefoot Runners: The Ancient Greek Stadium", read at the meeting of the Classical Association of Atlantic States, Philadelphia, Pa.
1986"Boycotts, Bribes and Fines: The Ancient Olympic Games," read at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Classical Association, Pittsburgh, Pa.
1988"The Athena Polias Project: Archaeology, Architecture, Athletics and AutoCAD," read at the IBM Conference on Academic Computing, Princeton, N.J.
1989"The Athena Polias Project: Archaeology, Architecture, Athletics and AutoCAD," read at the American Philological Association, Baltimore, Maryland.
1989"Archaeology and AutoCAD, The Corinth Computer Project 1989," read at the American Schools of Oriental Research, Anaheim, California.
1989"The Corinth Computer Project, 1988-1989," read at the General Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Boston, Mass.
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SELECTED PAPERS DELIVERED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
1991"The Planning of Roman Corinth," The Corinthia in the Roman Empire: Archaeological Connections in the Eastern Mediterranean, The OhioStateUniversity.
1991"Modern Mapping in the Ancient World," New Directions in Classical Archaeology, Department of Classics, DuquesneUniversity.
1991"The Planning of Roman Corinth," Read at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Chicago, Illinois
1992with P.G. Warden "A Metaphor for Life: The Sculptural Program of The Large Peristyle of the Villa of the Papyri (Herculaneum)," College Art Association Annual Meeting, Chicago.
1992"Athletics and Mathematics in Archaic Corinth: The Origins of the Greek Stadion," read at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, New Orleans.
1992"GreekLand Organization and Planning in Ancient Corinth," Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Washington, D.C.
1994Orientation and Direction in Greek and Roman Corinth," read at the conference, The