Stephen L. Dyson is Professor of Classics at the University at Buffalo, New York. His research has centered on the archaeology of Roman Italy and the development of the Roman frontier. He is the author of The Roman Villas of Buccino (1983), The Creation of the Roman Frontier (1985), Community and Society in Roman Italy (1992), Ancient Marbles to American Shores (1998) and The Roman Countryside (2003).