Classical Quarterly has a new editor, Thomas Biggs, joining the team. 

Tom is a Lecturer in Latin at the University of St Andrews. Catharine Edwards, Chair of the Classical Association’s Journals Board, said: “We are delighted to have Tom joining the CQ team. As well as a keen editorial eye, he brings a wealth of expertise in Latin poetry and prose and appreciates the value of a wide range of critical approaches.

Tom’s research centres on the poetry of the Republican, Augustan and early imperial periods, with particular focus on epic and fragmentary works. He also publishes on Roman historiography, Latin philology, and the cultural histories of Carthage and North Africa. He is the author of Poetics of the First Punic War (University of Michigan Press 2020) and co-editor of The Epic Journey in Greek and Roman Literature (Cambridge University Press 2019). His new book, Plautus: Poenulus, (Bloomsbury) will be on shelves in early 2026.

Tom began as editor with Classical Quarterly in December 2025. “I am extremely excited and honoured by the opportunity to join the team at CQ. My position as editor offers a priceless first look into the most exciting new work on the Latin language, Roman literature, and Roman cultural and historical topics. When I think of the people who have edited CQ over the years and the importance of the articles that have appeared in its pages, I am inspired to do my best to maintain the journal’s reputation. While finishing an article a few weeks ago, I found myself working closely with arguments from CQ 23.2 (1929) and 59.2 (2009). The journal was a young twenty-two years old in 1929. I take up this post in CQ’s one-hundred-and-eighteenth year! It is my hope that the articles published during my editorship will continue to inform and to inspire new scholarship a century from now.”