economic history of ancient Rome, with particular regard to military matters, Roman Africa and the transition of the Islamic North Africa, Germany and the Roman geopolitical issues pertaining to the Roman Limes, for which there was interest from the earliest publications. Wells also had an active role as an archaeologist of the ancient Punic and Roman antiquities of provinces: at Carthage from 1976 to 1986, he directed the excavations made by the second Canadian team, under the "Save Carthage" promoted by UNESCO, a task which he continued under the auspices of Trinity University, and of which he was director since 1991. Works The German Policy of Augustus: An Examination of the Archaeological Evidence (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972). The Roman Empire (Stanford University Press, 1984; 2nd edn, Fontana, 1992). , Notes References Professor Colin Wells: classical historian and archaeologist, The Sunday Times, 28 April 2010 1933 births 2010 deaths English historians People from West Bridgford