David Sutton

David Sutton is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Toronto. His academic work bridges Latin literature, Roman social history, and interdisciplinary studies of the ancient world.

Research interests include:

• Latin poetry and prose (Martial, Catullus, Ovid, Horace, Pliny the Younger)
• Ancient masculinity, friendship, and social desire
• Homosociality and normativity in Roman societies
• Translation theory and practice
• Classics pedagogy in modern universities
• Historical marginality in the Mediterranean world (slavery, ethnicity)

Teaching activities encompass Latin/Greek language instruction at all levels, lecture courses on myth and Graeco-Roman civilization, and seminars focused on Sexuality and Gender, Marginal Identities, and the Ancient Novel.