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'''John Prevas''' is a historian, classics scholar, author, and mediator.

== John Prevas ==

Prevas was scholar in residence and assistant professor of classics at [[Eckerd College]] from 2001 until 2011 teaching courses in ancient Greek and Roman history, Latin, and law. He has been visiting professor of classics at the University of South Florida since 2015. He is the author of ''[[Hannibal]] Crosses The Alps'' (2001), ''[[Xenophon]]'s March: Into the Lair of the Persian Lion''<ref>[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IBR/is_1_33/ai_99233039 Review of ''Xenophon's March'' by Dr. J. Boone Bartholomees] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308212639/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IBR/is_1_33/ai_99233039 |date=2008-03-08 }}</ref> (2002), and ''Envy of the Gods'' (2004), a history of [[Alexander the Great]]'s ill-fated journey through the [[Gedrosia]]n Desert in Pakistan.<ref>Aschoff, Susan. [http://www.sptimes.com/2004/12/18/Floridian/Quest_for_a_conqueror.shtml "Quest for a Conqueror."] ''St. Petersburg Times'', December 18, 2004.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/dacapo/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0306814420 |title=''Envy of the Gods'' information at publisher Dacapo Books |access-date=2006-11-25 |archive-date=2007-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208212216/http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/dacapo/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0306814420 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the 2009[[NYT]]'s best seller, ''Power Ambition Glory'' co-authored with Steve Forbes. His latest book is Hannibal's Oath (DaCapo Books 2017).

Prevas was born in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]] and received his undergraduate degree in history from the [[University of Maryland]], a master's degree in educational psychology from [[Johns Hopkins University]], a master's degree in political science from the University of Maryland, and a law degree from [[Antioch School of Law]], Washington, D.C.{{cn|date=October 2015}} He was featured in the 2002 History Channel program Unconventional Warfare discussing Hannibal's invasion of Italy by crossing the Alps and in a BBC National Geographic film on Hannibal in 2008.<ref>History Channel. Unconventional Warfare. Towers Productions. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0899175/combined?mode=desktop</ref>

John Prevas, adventurer and classics professor of [[Latin]] and ancient history at [[Eckerd College]] is the author of [[Hannibal]] Crosses The Alps (2001), [[Xenophon]]'s March[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IBR/is_1_33/ai_99233039] (2002) and Envy of the Gods (2004). [[Alexander the Great]]'s ill-fated journey through the [[Gedrosia]] Desert [http://www.sptimes.com/2004/12/18/Floridian/Quest_for_a_conqueror.shtml]are described in Envy of the Gods.[http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/dacapo/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0306814420]

As of 2022, Prevas continues working as a court-appointed mediator for the Florida sixth judicial circuit and teaching the classics while working on his next book on the ancient world.{{cn|date=October 2015}}

John was born in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]]. He and his wife Mavis currently reside in [[Clearwater, Florida]].

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