inc eton ▁University ▁ ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁with ▁a ▁th esis ▁" The ▁elder ▁t urt les ▁of ▁A ig ina ". ▁ ▁Academ ic ▁career ▁▁ ▁H ollow ay ▁joined ▁ ▁Brown ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁and ▁rose ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁El ish a ▁Benjamin ▁Andrew s ▁Professor ▁Emer it us ▁at ▁his ▁ret irement . ▁His ▁research ▁interests ▁include ▁Greek ▁and ▁Roman ▁num ism at ics , ▁Greek ▁art ▁and ▁architecture , ▁the ▁arch ae ology ▁of ▁ancient ▁Rome ▁and ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Early ▁Roman ▁Republic . ▁ ▁Through out ▁his ▁career , ▁H ollow ay ▁has ▁used ▁arch ae ology ▁not ▁merely ▁to ▁support ▁early ▁published ▁texts . ▁but ▁to ▁develop ▁and ▁write ▁history , ▁whether ▁or ▁not ▁it ▁agre es ▁▁ ▁with ▁the ▁literary ▁history . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁rev iewer ▁of ▁his ▁work ▁on ▁early ▁Rome ▁and ▁Lat ium ▁writes ▁[ t ] he ▁reader ▁will ▁find ▁out ▁that ▁this ▁" arch ae ological ▁history " ▁of ▁the ▁prim ord ia ▁has ▁scarcely ▁any ▁links ▁with ▁the ▁records ▁of ▁Liv y ▁and ▁of ▁D ion ys ius ▁of ▁Hal ic arn ass us . ▁The ▁" trad itional ists ", ▁i . e . ▁the ▁ones ▁who ▁system atically ▁and ▁excess ively ▁interpret ▁arch ae ological ▁discover ies ▁in ▁full ▁confidence ▁of ▁the ▁global ▁historic ity ▁of ▁ancient ▁records , ▁might ▁be ▁somewhat ▁ups et , ▁but ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁history ▁too , ▁a ▁face ▁to ▁face ▁confront