John Spaul

John Edward Houghton Spaul^[1] (1926–2018), sometimes known professionally as J. E. H. Spaul, was a British ancient historian^[2] and epigrapher. Much of his work focused on the Army of the Roman Empire.

John Edward Houghton Spaul
Born	1926 Oakham
Died	2018 Longparish
Other names	J. E. H. Spaul (when writing)
Alma mater	Durham University
Known for	Roman historian and author
Spouse	Marion Spaul ​ (m. 1960)​

Education

Spaul was born in Oakham in Rutland.^[3] He studied at Durham University, where he edited Palatinate during Michaelmas term of 1948; and stayed on to complete a Diploma of Education (1951). By 1954, he was teaching at Giggleswick School.^[4] After some six years of study concurrent to his teaching career, he earned his MLitt (1958) from Durham.^[1][5] His thesis, supervised by Eric Birley, was on the Roman province of Mauretania Tingitana.^[6]

Career

For a period of three years in the 1960s Spaul lived in Blantyre, Malawi, where he was a history teacher at the University of Malawi, before returning to the United Kingdom and settling in Longparish, near Andover, Hampshire.^[7]

Publications

Books

• Spaul, John. Ala²: The Auxiliary Cavalry Units of the Pre-Diocletian Imperial Roman Army. Nectoreca Press, 1994. OCLC 492878184^[8][9]
• Spaul, John. Cohors²: The evidence for and a short history of the auxiliary infantry units of the Imperial Roman Army. Archaeopress, 2000. OCLC 45008692^[9][10][11]
• Spaul, J. E. H. Classes Imperii Romani : an epigraphic examination of the men of the imperial Roman navy. Nectoreca, 2002. OCLC 51803152

Articles

• Swinbank, Brenda, and John Edward Houghton Spaul. "The Spacing of the Forts on Hadrian's Wall." Archaeologia Aeliana, no. 29, ser. 4, 1951, pp. 221–238. 4.
• Spaul, J. E. H. "In Mavretania Tingitana, Svb Volusio Martiale?" Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik, vol. 94, 1992, pp. 279–280 JSTOR 20188812
• Spaul, J. E. H. "T.Fl.Neon: A First Century Prefect?" Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik, vol. 94, 1992, pp. 281–282 JSTOR 20188813
• Spaul, J. E. H. "A Note on IAM 809 = CIL XVI 182." Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik, vol. 96, 1993, pp. 109–110 JSTOR 20188884
• Spaul, J. E. H. "I.A.M. 2,250 = AE 1967,655 and the Identification of Colonia Babba." Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik, vol. 103, 1994, pp. 191–201 JSTOR 20189191
• Spaul, J. E. H. "Governors of Tingitana" Antiquités africaines, vol. 30, no. 1, 1994, pp. 235–260. PDF
• Spaul, J. E. H. "Ala I Pannoniorvm: One or Many?" Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik, vol. 105, 1995, pp. 63–73 JSTOR 20189258

Family life

In July 1960 he married Marion Spaul (née Nelder),^[7] who died in January 2021.^[7]

References

1. "Graduates of the University". Graduates of the University; with Supplement to 1960. Durham University: 212. December 1960. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
2. "Hidden history of Hampshire town: A Barry Shurlock feature". Hampshire Chronicle. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
3. "Births Dec 1926". FreeBMD. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
4. "Master's Notebook". Hatfield Record. II (1): 3. Spring 1954. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
5. "Past Editors". Palatinate. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
6. Spaul, J. E. H. (1958) Studies in the Roman province of Mauretania Tingitana. Masters thesis, Durham University PDF
7. Ashworth, James (10 February 2021). "Beloved Winton schoolteacher and hospice volunteer passes away aged 98". Basingstoke Gazette. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
8. Shatzman, Israel (1997). "Review of Ala²". Scripta Classica. 16: 291–293.
9. Țentea, Ovidiu; Matei-Popescu, Florian (2004). "Alae et cohortes Daciae et Moesiae: A review and update of J. Spaul's Ala² and Cohors²". Acta Musei Napocensis. 39–40 (1): 259–296.
10. Lendon, J. E. (April–May 2004). "The Roman Army Now (Review of Cohors²)". The Classical Journal. 99 (4): 441–449. JSTOR 3298297.
11. Shatzman, Israel (2003). "Reviews of Cohors²". Scripta Classica. 22: 331–333.