Angelos Chaniotis is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Heidelberg. He is the author of "Historie und Historiker in den griechischen Inschriften" (1988), "Die Vertrage zwischen kretischen Stadten in der hellenistischen Zeit "(1996) as well as numerous articles on Hellenistic and Roman history and Greek epigraphy. Together with P. Ducrey he has edited "Army and Power in the Ancient World" (2002).