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Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is a Welsh professor of ancient history, with a focus on ancient Iran, in particular the Achaemenid (550–330 BC) period. Before this, he specialized in the study of ancient Greece. Since 2016, he holds the Chair of Ancient History at Cardiff University.
Series Editor - Screening Antiquity. Edinburgh University Press. Regular contrinutor to: BBC History Magazine, History Today and World History. Media appearences: BBC, Channel 4, Radio 4, Netflix.
Aug 26, 2021 · 1,738 reviews346 followers. August 27, 2022. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones summarizes 200 years of ancient Persian history from its Empire's founding, circa 550 BCE, by Cyrus the Great to its destruction circa 350 by Alexander the Great.
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Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is Professor of Ancient History at Cardiff University. He is one of the world’s foremost experts on Persian history, and has written extensively on ancient Iran, the Near East, Egypt, and ancient Greece.
Oct 23, 2020 · Here, historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones explains why that needs correcting, looks at its cultural achievements and discusses why the first Persian empire is worth studying in its own right and on its own terms.
Apr 12, 2022 · In Persians, historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells the epic story of this dynasty and the world it ruled. Drawing on Iranian inscriptions, cuneiform tablets, art, and archaeology, he shows how the Achaemenid Persian Empire was the world’s first superpower—one built, despite its imperial ambition, on cooperation and tolerance.
Apr 12, 2022 · Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is one of the foremost scholars of Achaemenid history, and he gives us a gripping account of the history of ancient Persia, tracking how a small tribal society in southwestern Iran came to be the world’s first superpower.”. ―Touraj Daryaee, University of California, Irvine.
