Alte Geschichte

Konstantinos Kakatsidas

PhD Student


01/02/2025 – 31/07/2025
Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft / Research Assistant

Philologisches Seminar, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

01/11/2024 – 31/12/2024
Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft / Research Assistant

Seminar für Alte Geschichte, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

01/10/2024 – current
PhD Student in Ancient History

Seminar für Alte Geschichte, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

10/2021 – 07/2023
Master in Classical Philology

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

10/2020 – 02/2021
Internship Student

Stavros Niarchos Foundation / National Library of Greece, Athens

10/2018 – 03/2019
Erasmus Student

University of Freiburg

10/2016 – 02/2021
Bachelor in Philology

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Research

Dissertation project

The title of my dissertation is "Roman Civil Wars from 69 to 193 AD: Historical Interpretations and Interaction with Regime Change Propaganda." This PhD is part of the CIVIS program
(cotutelle PhD) and is undertaken in collaboration with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece), where it is co-supervised.

Research interests

My research interests focus on Roman political history of the imperial period, the literary genre of imperial historiography, the structure of political propaganda, Roman civil war and dynastic change, and the Roman legal system.

Publications

Journal articles and contributions to edited volumes

  • Kakatsidas,K. (2024). Nero to Galba:Memoria principum:emergence and condemnation, Rosetta 29:72-94.
  • Kakatsidas, K. (2023). The Age of Tiberius: exempla iudicorum maiestatis, Rosetta 28: 76-92.

Conferences and Seminars

Talks

  • "The Age of Tiberius: exempla iudicorum maiestatis", University of Ioannina: 8th Conference of Postgraduate Students and Doctorate Candidates (19/05/2023 – 20/05/2023, Ioannina, Greece)
  • "The pantomime of the "Crisis of Paris" in the Metamorphosis of Apuleius: Uncoventional Elements and Lucius' Crisis as asinus philosophans", University of Athens: 11th Conference of Postgraduate Students and Doctoral Candidates (03/10/2022 – 07/10/2022, Athens, Greece)

Honours and Awards

Honours and Awards

  • Kaftantzoglio Award – Philosophical School of Athens (04/06/2024)