Peter Sarris

Peter Sarris

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{{Short description|British historian}}
{{Short description|British historian}}
{{use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
'''Peter Sarris''' is a British and Cypriot historian of [[late antiquity]]. As of 2025, Sarris is a professor at the [[University of Cambridge]]. His research focuses on the reign of [[Justinian I]] in the sixth century AD.{{Cite web |title=Professor Peter Sarris {{!}} Faculty of History University of Cambridge |url=https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/professor-peter-sarris |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.hist.cam.ac.uk}} In 2023 his book ''Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint'' was published by [[Basic Books]].{{Cite web |title=An emperor who inserted himself into every aspect of government |url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/classics/roman/justinian-peter-sarris-book-review-clifford-ando |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=TLS |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Barr |first=James |date=2023-10-20 |title=Justinian by Peter Sarris review — emperor of the apocalypse |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/justinian-emperor-soldier-saint-by-peter-sarris-review-02wkxmsj0 |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-12-24 |title=Restless zeal of the insomniac emperor {{!}} George Woudhuysen |url=https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/december-january-2024/restless-zeal-of-the-insomniac-emperor/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=The Critic Magazine |language=en-GB}}{{Cite journal |title=Review of: Justinian: emperor, soldier, saint |url=https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2024/2024.06.20/ |journal=Bryn Mawr Classical Review |issn=1055-7660}}
'''Peter Sarris''' is a British and Cypriot historian of [[late antiquity]]. As of 2025, Sarris is a professor at the [[University of Cambridge]]. His research focuses on the reign of [[Justinian I]] in the sixth century AD.{{Cite web |title=Professor Peter Sarris {{!}} Faculty of History University of Cambridge |url=https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/professor-peter-sarris |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.hist.cam.ac.uk}} In 2023 his book ''Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint'' was published by [[Basic Books]].{{Cite web |title=An emperor who inserted himself into every aspect of government |url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/classics/roman/justinian-peter-sarris-book-review-clifford-ando |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=TLS |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Barr |first=James |date=2023-10-20 |title=Justinian by Peter Sarris review — emperor of the apocalypse |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/justinian-emperor-soldier-saint-by-peter-sarris-review-02wkxmsj0 |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-12-24 |title=Restless zeal of the insomniac emperor {{!}} George Woudhuysen |url=https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/december-january-2024/restless-zeal-of-the-insomniac-emperor/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=The Critic Magazine |language=en-GB}}{{Cite journal |title=Review of: Justinian: emperor, soldier, saint |url=https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2024/2024.06.20/ |journal=Bryn Mawr Classical Review |issn=1055-7660}} It was also awarded the International London Hellenic Prize in [[2023]]https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/professor-peter-sarris.


Sarris attended [[Balliol College, Oxford]], as an undergraduate, and was subsequently a prize fellow at [[All Souls College, Oxford]].
Sarris attended [[Balliol College, Oxford]], as an undergraduate, and was subsequently a prize fellow at [[All Souls College, Oxford]].