# David Wardle

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For the ecologist, see [David A. Wardle](/source/David_A._Wardle).

**David Wardle** (born 23 December 1959) is King George V Professor Emeritus of Classics and Ancient History, as well as a former Acting Dean in the Faculty of Humanities, at the [University of Cape Town](/source/University_of_Cape_Town).[1]

## Academic career

Born 23 December 1959 and educated in [Nottingham, UK](/source/Nottingham,_UK), Wardle took an MA and a DPhil from [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University) in the sub-faculty of Literae Humaniores. After a brief stint working for the [United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority](/source/United_Kingdom_Atomic_Energy_Authority), he came to UCT as a lecturer in August 1990 and was appointed Professor in Classics and Ancient History in 2006.

Wardle's academic specialisation lies in the field of [Roman](/source/Roman_Empire) imperial history and [historiography](/source/Historiography) which he combines with an interest in ancient [Roman religion](/source/Roman_religion).

Besides numerous articles and book reviews, Wardle is the author of four [monographs](/source/Monographs), which have taken the form of commentaries on key texts from the Classical period: *Suetonius’ Life of Caligula* (Brussels, 1994), *Valerius Maximus’ Memorable Deeds and Sayings* (Oxford, 1998), *Cicero’s On Divination* (Oxford, 2006), and *Suetonius: Life of Augustus* (Oxford, 2014) and *Suetonius: Life of Julius Caesar* (Oxford, 2025.

Wardle is also a former editor of the Classics journal, [Acta Classica](/source/Acta_Classica).

In 2017, Wardle was appointed Acting Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, at the [University of Cape Town](/source/University_of_Cape_Town).[1]

## References

1. ["New appointments: DVCs and deans"](https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2017-12-11-new-appointments-dvcs-and-deans). *www.news.uct.ac.za*. Retrieved 2018-05-05.

## External links

- [University of Cape Town Biography](http://www.sll.uct.ac.za/sll/sections/classics/staff) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170322111750/http://www.sll.uct.ac.za/sll/sections/classics/staff) 22 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine

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