Donald Kyle

Professor of History, University of Texas

Dr. Donald G. Kyle is a Professor of History at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is an internationally recognized expert on ancient sport and spectacles who has delivered numerous invited lectures, been interviewed by the media, and consulted and appeared on History Channel shows on Roman gladiators and on the Ancient Olympics. He has also served on the editorial boards of three journals of sport history. Dr. Kyle's book publications include \_Athletics in Ancient Athens\_ (1993), \_Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome\_ (1998), and \_Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World\_ (2007, second ed. 2015). He has additionally co-edited volumes such as \_Essays on Sport History and Sport Mythology\_ (1990) and \_A Companion to Ancient Sport and Spectacle\_ (2014) and written articles and book chapters on his topics of expertise.