Stylianos Katakis

Stylianos Katakis is an Associate Professor of Roman Archaeology at the Department of History and Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. His research focuses on Greek and Roman archaeology, Roman sculpture, Attic sarcophagi, and the transition to Late Antiquity. He co-directs excavations at the Roman Balneum in Rafina and the Sanctuary of Asklepios in Epidauros.

• Roman sculpture analysis
• Epidauros sanctuary studies
• Hellenistic-Roman cultural synthesis
• 3rd-century AD domestic cults

His recent publications examine the persistence of pagan cults in Late Antiquity, honorific statues in Roman Greece, and the adaptation of Hellenistic motifs in Roman art. He contributes to international colloquia on provincial Roman art and has published extensively on sarcophagi, grave stelae, and architectural transitions.

Academic affiliations include the National Archaeological Museum of Athens and Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboea. His work bridges classical and Roman periods, emphasizing technical craftsmanship, cultural continuity, and religious transformation in the Greco-Roman world.