Roel Konijnendijk

Konijnendijk was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Historical Research and Leiden. He has taught Greek History at Birkbeck, University of Warwick, University of Edinburgh, New College, Oxford, and Lincoln College, Oxford.^{[4] [5] [6]} He has contributed to a number of books on the topics of Classical Greek warfare,^[7] the military reforms of Iphicrates,^[8] Athenian democracy, and the military history of Sparta.^[9] He is also cited as an expert on the training and organization of Classical Greek and Persian armies.^[10]

He is a proponent of the theory that Greek warfare was both more brutal than some modern scholars have described, and that it was driven by practicality rather than ritual.^{[11] [12] [13]} His research challenges the so-called "California School" of Greek military scholarship, arguing that its theories were largely based on outdated 19th-century models.^{[14] [15]}

In 2017, Konijnendijk published Classical Greek Tactics: A Cultural History .^[16] The book was well received, with praise for Konijnendijk's re-assessment of Greek tactics.^{[17] [18] [19]} With Cezary Kucewicz and Matthew Lloyd he edited Companion to Greek Land Warfare Beyond the Phalanx (2021), and also wrote three chapters of it.^[20]

He published his second monograph, Between Miltiades and Moltke: Early German Studies in Greek Military History, in 2022.^[21]

In September 2022, Konijnendijk was appointed Darby Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at Lincoln College, Oxford.^[22]

Konijnendijk is a moderator and panelist for r/AskHistorians, a history forum on Reddit.^{[23] [24]} He has also written for a number of popular history magazines, including Ancient Warfare , Ancient History Magazine, Ancient World Magazine, BadAncient, and Desperta Ferro.^[1]