Angelos Zannis

Angelos G. Zannis

Assistant Professor of Ancient History and Epigraphy

Department of History and Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Ioannina

Government Gazette of Appointment as Assistant Professor on Tenure-Track: Γ΄ 2964/02.12.2021.

Government Gazette of Tenure as Assistant Professor: Γ΄ 3334/10.09.2025.

Short Biography

Angelos Zannis, son of Georgios, was born in Kavala in 1975. He graduated in 1996 from the Department of History and Archaeology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he continued with postgraduate studies in Classical Archaeology with a specialization in Epigraphy. His master’s thesis on Macedonian royal correspondence, entitled The Letters of the Antigonids, was completed in 2000 (cum laude). Supported by scholarships from the Fondation Theodore Lagonico (Lausanne), the Ecole Suisse d'Archéologie en Grèce (ESAG), the Société Académique Vaudoise (Lausanne), and the Fondation pour l’Université de Lausanne, ancien Fondation du 450e Anniversaire (Lausanne), he pursued his doctoral studies in Ancient History at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland) from 2000 to 2006, under the supervision of Professors Pierre Ducrey (Lausanne), Emmanouel Voutiras (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), and Athanasios Rizakis (Research Director, National Hellenic Research Foundation). His dissertation was published in 2014 as a monograph in the “Meletemata” series of the National Hellenic Research Foundation (Athens), funded by the Fonds des publications de l’Université de Lausanne, the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece, and the Fondation pour l’Université de Lausanne, ancien fonds du 450e anniversaire. During the preparation of this publication, he received additional scholarship support from an anonymous benefactor through the Director of the Institute of Greek and Roman Antiquity, Prof. M. B. Hatzopoulos (National Hellenic Research Foundation).

Since 1997, he is a member of the editorial committee of the Corpus des Inscriptions Grecques et Latines de Philippes (from the 4th century BC to Late Antiquity), an international research project involving the Ephorate of Antiquities of Kavala, the French School at Athens, the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece, and the National Hellenic Research Foundation (TERA). Having received a scholarship from the French School at Athens (Fonds de Dotation de l’École française d’Athènes) in 2016, he authored in French the forthcoming volume Corpus des inscriptions grecques et latines de Philippes en Macédoine. Tome I: La cité macédonienne (357/6 - 42 av. J.-C.).

He is also a member of the systematic excavation of the archaeological site of ancient Pistyros (Pontolivado, Kavala), responsible for the study and publication of the ancient Greek inscriptions. He has published the article “Pistyros of Aegean Thrace,” AEMTh (The Archaeological Work in Macedonia and Thrace) 30 (2017), in collaboration with Dr. Stratis Papadopoulos, Director of the Pistyros Excavation and Honorary Ephor of Antiquities (Hellenic Ministry of Culture). He has also authored the article “Inscriptions from Aegean Pistyros and the Cult of Philip II,” The Journal of Epigraphic Studies 8 (2025).

Additionally, he served on the editorial committee of the trilingual publication Eretria: Guide to the Ancient City (2004), issued by the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece. Since 2024, he is a member of the Advisory Committee of the project Greek Fragmentary Tragedians Online, directed by Andreas Antonopoulos, Assistant Professor in the Department of Philology of the University of Ioannina. In the same year, he began collaborating with archaeologist Vissarion Bachlás (Ephorate of Antiquities of Chalkidiki) on the study and publication of inscribed pithoi from the ongoing excavation of a villa rustica of the Late Roman Imperial period in the rural area of Aphytos, Kassandra, Chalkidiki.

He worked for several years as a contract archaeologist for various Ephorates of Antiquities of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture in Macedonia (1997–2000, 2013–2016, 2019–2021). He also held the same position in major infrastructure projects, including the Thessaloniki Metro (2011–2013) and the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) (2018–2019).

His research interests include Greek and Roman history and archaeology, Greek and Latin epigraphy with particular emphasis on the inscriptions of Macedonia and Thrace, and the study of political and social history, civic institutions, and historical geography. He has presented papers at scholarly conferences in Greece and abroad, and he has authored articles in international journals, conference proceedings, and honorary volumes.

Scholarships

2000-2006 Scholarships granted during the completion of the doctoral dissertation by:

- Ecole Suisse d'Archéologie en Grèce (ESAG)

- Fondation Theodore Lagonico (Lausanne )

- Societé Académique Vaudoise (Lausanne )

- Fondation pour l’Université de Lausanne, ancien Fondation du 450e Anniversaire (Lausanne).

2008-2009 Scholarship received during the preparation of the publication of the doctoral dissertation, granted by an anonymous benefactor through M. B. Hatzopoulos, National Hellenic Research Foundation.

2015-2016 Scholarship of the French School at Athens (Fonds de Dotation de l’École française d’Athènes), awarded during the preparation of the volume Corpus des inscriptions grecques et latines de Philippes en Macédoine, Tome I : La cité macédonienne (357/6 - 42 avant J.-C.).

Academic Teaching Positions

Assistant Professor, 2021-

Department of History and Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Ioannina

Adjunct Lecturer (Presidential Decree 407/80) and University Fellow, 2016-2021
Department of History and Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Ioannina
Course taught: Introduction to Greek Epigraphy

Adjunct Lecturer (Presidential Decree 407/80), 2016-2021
Department of History and Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Ioannina
Courses taught: 1. Introduction to Ancient Greek History. 2. History of Macedonia. 3. History of Thrace. 4. History of the Peloponnesian War. 5. Introduction to Greek Epigraphy.

Adjunct Lecturer (Presidential Decree 407/80), Winter Semester 2008-2009
University of Gjirokastër, Albania, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Greek Language, Literature and Culture
Course taught: Introduction to Ancient Greek History

Instructor in Teaching Seminars, 2010-2011
International Center for Hellenic Education, Tradition and Professional Training “Stavros Niarchos” (DI.K.E.P.P.E.E.) - Center for the Teaching of the Greek Language and Culture (KE.D.E.G.PO.), University of Ioannina
Instruction in English to American and European Erasmus students as part of the Center’s academic teaching seminars.
Seminar topics: 1. Ancient Greek History. 2. History and Archaeology of Epirus. 3. Ancient Greek Art and Architecture.

Teaching Assistant (as a doctoral candidate), 2001-2005
Université de Lausanne, Faculté des lettres, Institut d’archéologie et des sciences de l’Antiquité
Assistant to Professors Pierre Ducrey, Regula Frei-Stolba, and Anne Bielman-Sanchez, responsible for supervising undergraduate students in Greek and Latin Epigraphy, specifically: 1. Hellenistic inscriptions from Philippi. 2. Hellenistic and Roman funerary inscriptions from Philippi.

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