Jessica H. Clark

Jessica H. Clark is an Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at Florida State University, where she has taught since 2013. She earned her PhD from Princeton University in 2008 and previously served as an Assistant Professor of History at California State University, Chico (2008-2013), teaching Greek, Roman, and World History.

• PhD, Princeton University (2008)
• Director of Undergraduate Studies at Florida State University

Her research focuses on the intersection of war, military service, and Latin literature of the Roman Republic (2nd-1st centuries BCE), with additional expertise in textual transmission and Women/Gender Studies. She explores how political actors in the Roman Republic navigated military defeat and shaped historical narratives.

Clark’s publications include Triumph in Defeat (2014) and the co-edited Brill’s Companion to Military Defeat (2018), which analyze military failure in ancient Mediterranean contexts. These works emphasize political strategy, literary representation, and comparative historical frameworks.