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John Prevas is a historian, classics scholar, author, and mediator.
Prevas was scholar in residence and assistant professor of classics at Eckerd College from 2001 until 2011 teaching courses in ancient Greek and Roman history, Latin, and law. He has been visiting professor of classics at the University of South Florida since 2015. He is the author of Hannibal Crosses The Alps (2001), Xenophon's March: Into the Lair of the Persian Lion[1] (2002), and Envy of the Gods (2004), a history of Alexander the Great's ill-fated journey through the Gedrosian Desert in Pakistan.[2][3] and the 2009NYT's best seller, Power Ambition Glory co-authored with Steve Forbes. His latest book is Hannibal's Oath (DaCapo Books 2017).
Prevas was born in Baltimore, Maryland and received his undergraduate degree in history from the University of Maryland, a master's degree in educational psychology from Johns Hopkins University, a master's degree in political science from the University of Maryland, and a law degree from Antioch School of Law, Washington, D.C.[citation needed] He was featured in the 2002 History Channel program Unconventional Warfare discussing Hannibal's invasion of Italy by crossing the Alps and in a BBC National Geographic film on Hannibal in 2008.[4]
As of 2022, Prevas continues working as a court-appointed mediator for the Florida sixth judicial circuit and teaching the classics while working on his next book on the ancient world.[citation needed]
^Review of Xenophon's March by Dr. J. Boone Bartholomees Archived 2008-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
^Aschoff, Susan. "Quest for a Conqueror." St. Petersburg Times, December 18, 2004.
^"Envy of the Gods information at publisher Dacapo Books". Archived from the original on 2007-02-08. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
JohnPrevas is a historian, classics scholar, author, and mediator. Prevas was scholar in residence and assistant professor of classics at Eckerd College...
Hammond, The Genius of Alexander the Great. Prevas 52 Prevas 55 Prevas 60 Prevas 64–65 Prevas 69 Prevas 71 Siegfried Lauffer, Alexander der Große. third...
Histories, Volume II. Harvard University Press. p. 41. ISBN 0-674-99152-4. John, Prevas (26 September 2017). Hannibal's oath : the life and wars of Rome's greatest...
the Persepolis Palace", The Classical Quarterly 42 (2), p. 358-364. JohnPrevas (2005). Envy of the Gods: Alexander the Great's Ill-Fated Journey Across...
Envy of the Gods: Alexander the Great's Ill-fated Journey Across Asia, JohnPrevas Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power, Victor...
French Plans in Brief". Battlefield Anomalies. Retrieved April 30, 2020. JohnPrevas (26 September 2017). Hannibal's Oath: The Life and Wars of Rome's Greatest...
Iranian society" (Robin Lane Fox, Alexander the Great (1973) 1986:301). JohnPrevas (2004), Envy of the Gods: Alexander the Great's Ill-Fated Journey across...
of Strategy. Gotham. p. 134. ISBN 1-59240-053-1. Prevas 19 Prevas 23 Prevas 27 Prevas 33 Prevas, John (2005). Envy of the Gods: Alexander the Great's Ill-fated...
Governor of Okinawa, Japan Elliott Portnoy – Chairman of SNR Denton JohnPrevas – Circuit Court Judge, City of Baltimore Steven Rothman – Congressman...
international crossing since the border changes that followed World War I. Prevas, John (2001). Hannibal crosses the Alps : the invasion of Italy and the Punic...
Moses, Doreen. A Village in Baltimore, Washington, D.C. : D. Moses, 1981. Prevas, Nicholas M. Gone but not forgotten: a definitive history of the Greek section...
ISBN 0-304-36642-0 Prevas 1998, p. 104. Prevas 1998, p. 95. Lancel 1999, p. 69. Dodge 1994, p. 182. Cottrell 1992, pp. 46. Prevas 1998, p. 97. Dodge 1994...
with Han China. Cyropolis List of cities founded by Alexander the Great Prevas, John. (2004). Envy of the Gods: Alexander the Great's Ill-Fated Journey across...
War. Cambridge University Press. pp. 37, 39–40. ISBN 9781139488624. Prevas, John (2017-09-26). Hannibal's Oath: The Life and Wars of Rome's Greatest Enemy...
Rex Warner, Penguin, 1949. Montagu, John D. Battles of the Greek and Roman Worlds, Greenhill Books, 2000. Prevas, John. Xenophon's March: Into the Lair of...
of Tajikistan. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-5381-0252-7. Prevas, John. (2004). Envy of the Gods: Alexander the Great's Ill-Fated Journey across...
Lancel, Serge (1999). Hannibal. Wiley. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-631-21848-7. Prevas, John (2009). Hannibal Crosses the Alps: The Invasion of Italy and the Punic...
and Cultural History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-509742-9. Prevas, John (2004). Envy of the Gods: Alexander the Great's Ill-Fated Journey Across...
Heckel, "Alexander at the Persian Gates", Athenaeum 58, 1980, p. 171 J. Prevas, Envy of the Gods: Alexander the Great's Ill-Fated Journey across Asia (USA:...
p. 39. Peddie 2005, p. 20. Prevas 1998, p. 84. Bagnall 1990, p. 195. Bath 1981, p. 43. Dodge 1994, pp. 174–175. Prevas 1998, p. 85. Hoyos 2003, p. 113...
ISBN 978-1-4000-6702-2 Carey, Brian T, Cairns John, Allfree Joshua B, Hannibal's Last Battle, p. 40 ISBN 978-1-59416-075-2 Prevas, John, Hannibal Crosses The Alps, p...
the Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 27, 2009.[permanent dead link] "John N. Prevas, Maryland Circuit Court Judge". "William D. Quarles, U.S. District Court...
July 30, 1965, ISBN 0-14-044145-X (pbk)(also [1][permanent dead link]) Prevas, John, Hannibal Crosses the Alps: The Invasion of Italy and the Second Punic...
- The murder of Regilla: a case of domestic violence in antiquity. Prevas, John - Envy of the Gods: Alexander the Great's ill-fated journey across Asia...
Hitler's Mountain. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-2458-0 Prevas, John. (2001). Hannibal Crosses The Alps: The Invasion Of Italy And The Punic...
New York Times. 19 May 1998. Retrieved 21 August 2010. Forbes, Steve; Prevas, John (18 June 2009). "The Price of Arrogance: The ugly stepsister of success...
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