Co-coordinator, Classical Studies Minor

Education

Ph.D., Florida State University 

Teaching areas

classical studies; history and culture of the ancient Mediterranean (Rome and Greece); pre-modern world history

Research interests 

Roman history; ancient gender and sexuality; Greek and Roman historiography; Latin literature

Awards  

2026 Margo Tytus Summer Residency Fellowship, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati. Project: “Debating Cato: Politics, Culture, and the Legacy of Cato the Elder in the Late Republic” 

Selected publications 

Carrara, Eva. April/May 2027. “How to Defeat Your Enemies (and Critics): Commemoration, Criticism and Competition in Cato the Elder’s De re militari.” Classical Journal 122.4: 424–452.

Carrara, Eva. 2023. “Creating and Contesting Kyniska: The Reception of the First Female Olympic Victor.” Antichthon 57: 18–34.

Debating Cato: Politics, Culture, and the Legacy of Cato the Elder in the Late Republic. Book project in progress.

Selected presentations

“Body Horror in Orosius’ Social War Narrative.” Society for Classical Studies (SCS) Annual Meeting, January 8, 2026.

“Reassessing Kyniska.” Contested Queens: Powerful Women and their Historiography, Institute of Classical Studies Ancient History Seminar, November 21, 2024.

“Cato the Elder in the Semideus of Catone Sacco.” Panel: Littérature fragmentaire ancienne: de la citation à la reception. 15th Celtic Conference in Classics, July 11, 2024.

“Cicero on the End of Cato the Elder’s Life.” SCS Annual Meeting, January 6, 2023.