- R. J. van der Spek
Robartus ("Bert") van der Spek (
18 September 1949 ,Zoetermeer ) is a Dutch ancient historian, specializing in the Seleucid Empire. He is professor at the Amsterdam Free University, and is currently working on theBabylonian Chronicles of the Hellenistic Age (a collection ofcuneiform tablets in theBritish Museum ).Publications
* L. de Blois & R. J. van der Spek, "An Introduction to the Ancient World" (1997 Routledge; London, New York)
* I. Finkel & R. J. van der Spek, "Babylonian Chronicles of the Hellenistic World" (forthcoming)Links
* [http://www.livius.org/cg-cm/chronicles/chron00.html Babylonian chronicles]
* [http://www.let.vu.nl/staf/rj.vander.spek/ Personal page] contains overview of all publications
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