Archaeologist Tony Spawforth goes in search of the legacy of Alexander the Great and investigates the Greek king's lasting contribution to global thought including Judaism, Christianity and Buddhism.
Tony Spawforth was Assistant Director of the British School of Archaeology at Athens, Greece, and a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton before holding his current position as professor of ancient history at Newcastle University. He is the co-author of Hellenistic and Roman Sparta: A Tale of Two Cities and author of Versailles: A Biography of a Palace, Oxford Archaeological Guides: Greece and The Complete Greek Temples. In addition, he has a rich broadcast history with the BBC, the Evening Standard, The Daily Telegraph, and The Observer. He is a member of the Société des Amis de Versailles.
Professor Spawforth has been appointed Visiting Fellow at the British School at Athens, Greece, for the academic year 2013/2014. Founded in 1886, the School is a British-Academy funded institute in central Athens for research on all aspects of Greece and Hellenism, ancient and modern. The Visiting Fellow resides in the School, which is centrally located in Athens in its own grounds.
First Broadcast: 2007
