Rose Mary Sheldon

Prof. Rose Mary Sheldon received her Ph.D. in ancient history from the University of Michigan. Her dissertation, on intelligence gathering in ancient Rome, won a National Intelligence Book Award in 1987. She is a Professor Emerita of History at The Virginia Military Institute, where she held the Burgwyn Chair in Military History. She was made a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome in 1980. Dr. Sheldon has been on the Editorial boards of the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, The Journal of Military History, and Small Wars and Insurgencies. She has written seven books and more than three dozen articles on intelligence in the ancient world. Her books include Espionage in the Ancient World: An Annotated Bibliography (McFarland, 2003), Intelligence Activities in Ancient Rome. Trust in the Gods, but Verify. (London: Frank Cass, 2005); Rome’s Wars in Parthia: Blood in the Sand, (London: Vallentine Mitchell, 2010); Operation Messiah: St. Paul and Roman Intelligence, with Thijs Voskuilen, (London: Vallentine Mitchell, 2008); Spies of the Bible, (London: Greenhill Books, 2007); Ambush! Surprise Attack in Ancient Greek Warfare, (London: Frontline Books, 2012), and Kill Caesar! Assassination in the Early Roman Empire, (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018).