Nick Trcalek received a Bachelor’s degree in History and Classics summa cum laude from Texas A&M University in 2020 and a Master’s degree in Classical Studies with Historical Emphasis from Tufts University in 2023. His Master’s thesis, entitled “Mapping the Via Hadrumetina and its Roman Period Landscape”, investigated settlement and land use in an important agricultural and political region of Africa Proconsularis. His interests lie in all things pertaining to the ancient world, but, in particular, the Early and Middle Roman Republic as well as North Africa throughout all periods of antiquity."