a lay readership". Immensely prolific, he wrote and edited more than 70 books of nonfiction and translation, covering topics from Roman coinage and the eruption of Mount Vesuvius to the Gospels. He produced general surveys of ancient Greek, Roman and Israelite history as well as biographies of giants such as Julius Caesar, Herod the Great, Cleopatra, Nero, Jesus, St. Peter and St. Paul. As early as the 1950s, Grant's publishing success was somewhat controversial within the classicist community. According to The Times: Grant's approach to classical history was beginning to divide critics. Numismatists felt that his academic work was beyond reproach, but some academics balked at his attempt to condense a survey of Roman literature into 300 pages, and felt (in the words of one reviewer) that "even the most learned and gifted of historians should observe a speed-limit". The academics would keep cavilling, but the public kept buying. From 1966 until his death, Grant lived with his wife in Gattaiola, a village near Lucca in Tuscany. His autobiography, My First Eighty Years, appeared in 1994. Degrees, honours and accolades Litt.D. (Cambridge) Hon. Litt. D. (Dublin) Hon. LL. D. (Queen's University, Belfast) Honorary Fellow, Royal Numismatic Society Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society, 1962 President, Royal Numismatic Society Archer M. Huntington Medalist, American Numismatic Society OBE (1946) CBE (1958) Bibliography Original works From Imperium to Auctoritas (1946; rev. ed., 1971) Aspects of the Principate of Tiberius: Historical Comments on the Colonial Coinage Issued Outside Spain (1950), New York: American Numismatic Society (Series: Numismatic Notes and Monographs, no. 116). Roman Anniversary Issues: An Exploratory Study of the Numismatic and Medallic Commemoration of Anniversary Years, 49 B.C. – A.D. 375. (1950), Cambridge University Press Ancient History (1952) The Six Main Aes Coinages of Augustus (1953), Edinburgh: University Press. Roman Imperial Money (1954), Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd. Roman History from Coins (1958; Rev ed, 1968, Cambridge University Press) The World of Rome (1960; rev. eds., 19??/1974/1987) The Ancient Mediterranean (1961; rev. ed., 1969) Myths of the Greeks and Romans (1962; new biblio: 1986 & 1995) Greece and Rome: The Birth of Western Civilization (1964; rev. ed., 1986) The Civilizations of Europe (1965) The Gladiators (1967) The Climax of Rome: The Final Achievements of the Ancient World, AD 161–337 (1968; rev. eds., 19??/1974) Julius Caesar (1969) The Ancient Historians (1970) The Roman Forum (1970; rev. ed., 1974) Nero (1970) Herod the Great (1971)