Peter Heather

2.9k citations
33 papers · 364 indexed · h-index 11
  • Classics top 0.5%
    • Byzantine Studies and History 15
    • Medieval Literature and History 7
    • Classical Antiquity Studies 5
  • History top 1%
    • Historical and Religious Studies of Rome 8
    • Historical and Archaeological Studies 8
    • Classical Studies and Legal History 4
  • Archeology top 2%
    • Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies 2
    • Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies 2

Peter Heather

24 papers receiving 253 citations

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Peter Heather
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  • Classics 157
  • Anthropology 131
  • History 127
  • Archeology 121
  • Paleontology 28
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20257
2 20230
3 20162
4
The Restoration of Rome: Barbarian Popes and Imperial Pretenders
201310
5
The Restoration of Rome
20130
6
Upadek cesarstwa Rzymskiego
20100
7
Empires and barbarians : migration, development and the birth of Europe
200921
8
Empires and Barbarians: The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe
200923
9 20096
10
Merely an Ideology? - Gothic Identity in Ostrogothic Italy
20070
11
Empires and Barbarians
200612
12
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
200579
13
The Fall of the Roman Empire
200518
14 200139
15
Politics, Philosophy and Empire in the Fourth Century: Themistius' Select Orations
20014
16 19974
17 19953
18 199131
19 198813
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The Crossing of the Danube and the Gothic Conversion
19869

About Peter Heather

Peter Heather is a scholar working on Classics, History and Archeology, having authored 33 papers that have together received 364 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Byzantine Studies and History (15 papers), Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (8 papers), Historical and Archaeological Studies (8 papers), Medieval Literature and History (7 papers), Classical Antiquity Studies (5 papers), Classical Studies and Legal History (4 papers), Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (2 papers) and Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Classics (157 citations), Anthropology (131 citations) and History (127 citations). Peter Heather has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Greece. Frequent co-authors include John Matthews, T. D. Barnes, Thomas J. Booth, Pontus Skoglund, Herwig Wοlfram, Leo Speidel, Christopher Barrington, Gisela Ripoll, Ben Raffield and Marina Silva. Their work appears in journals such as Early Medieval Europe, Phoenix, The Journal of Roman Studies, Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies and Nature.

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