Anthony Birley

Anthony Richard Birley
Born(1937-10-08)8 October 1937
Chesterholm, Northumberland, England
Died19 December 2020(2020-12-19) (aged 83)
Academic background
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology and classics
Sub-disciplineRoman archaeology
Institutions

Anthony Richard Birley FSA (8 October 1937 – 19 December 2020) was a British ancient historian, archaeologist and academic. He was one of the leaders of excavations at of the Roman fortress at Vindolanda and also published several books on Roman Britain and Roman emperors of the second-century AD.