John Edward Houghton Spaul[1] (1926–2018), sometimes known professionally as J. E. H. Spaul, was a British ancient historian[2] and epigrapher. Much of his work focused on the Army of the Roman Empire.
John Edward Houghton Spaul | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1926 |
| Died | 2018 |
| Other names | J. E. H. Spaul (when writing) |
| Alma mater | Durham University |
| Known for | Roman historian and author |
| Spouse | Marion Spaul (m. 1960) |
Education
Spaul was born in Oakham in Rutland.[3] He studied at Durham University, where he edited Palatinate during Michaelmas term of 1948; and stayed on to complete a Diploma of Education (1951). By 1954, he was teaching at Giggleswick School.[4] After some six years of study concurrent to his teaching career, he earned his MLitt (1958) from Durham.[1][5] His thesis, supervised by Eric Birley, was on the Roman province of Mauretania Tingitana.[6]
Career
For a period of three years in the 1960s Spaul lived in Blantyre, Malawi, where he was a history teacher at the University of Malawi, before returning to the United Kingdom and settling in Longparish, near Andover, Hampshire.[7]
Publications
Books
- Spaul, John. Ala2: The Auxiliary Cavalry Units of the Pre-Diocletian Imperial Roman Army. Nectoreca Press, 1994. OCLC 492878184[8][9]
- Spaul, John. Cohors2: The evidence for and a short history of the auxiliary infantry units of the Imperial Roman Army. Archaeopress, 2000. OCLC 45008692[9][10][11]
- Spaul, J. E. H. Classes Imperii Romani : an epigraphic examination of the men of the imperial Roman navy. Nectoreca, 2002. OCLC 51803152
Articles
- Swinbank, Brenda, and John Edward Houghton Spaul. "The Spacing of the Forts on Hadrian's Wall." Archaeologia Aeliana, no. 29, ser. 4, 1951, pp. 221–238. 4.
- Spaul, J. E. H. "In Mavretania Tingitana, Svb Volusio Martiale?" Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik, vol. 94, 1992, pp. 279–280 JSTOR 20188812
- Spaul, J. E. H. "T.Fl.Neon: A First Century Prefect?" Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik, vol. 94, 1992, pp. 281–282 JSTOR 20188813
- Spaul, J. E. H. "A Note on IAM 809 = CIL XVI 182." Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik, vol. 96, 1993, pp. 109–110 JSTOR 20188884
- Spaul, J. E. H. "I.A.M. 2,250 = AE 1967,655 and the Identification of Colonia Babba." Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik, vol. 103, 1994, pp. 191–201 JSTOR 20189191
- Spaul, J. E. H. "Governors of Tingitana" Antiquités africaines, vol. 30, no. 1, 1994, pp. 235–260. PDF
- Spaul, J. E. H. "Ala I Pannoniorvm: One or Many?" Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik, vol. 105, 1995, pp. 63–73 JSTOR 20189258
Family life
In July 1960 he married Marion Spaul (née Nelder),[7] who died in January 2021.[7]