Charles Freeman

Charles Freeman is an English historian specialising in the history of ancient Greece and Rome. He is the author of numerous books on the ancient world including 'The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason'. His most recent book is 'The Children of Athena: Greek Writers and Thinkers in the Age of Rome, 150 BC - AD 400'. He has taught courses on ancient history in Cambridge's Adult Education program and is a Historical Consultant to the Blue Guides. He also leads cultural study tours to Italy, Greece, and Turkey. In 2003, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.