Angelos Chaniotis (Greek: Άγγελος Χανιώτης; born November 8, 1959) is a Greek historian and Classics scholar, known for original and wide-ranging research in the cultural, religious, legal and economic history of the Hellenistic period and the Byzantine Empire.
His research interests also include the history of Crete and Greek epigraphy.
He is a member of the German Archaeological Institute[citation needed] and was a member of the Editorial Board of the Classical Studies journal Mnemosyne.
He taught at Heidelberg University from 1987 to 2006 and was the chair of that school's Department of Ancient History from 1998 to 2006.
[citation needed] In 2014 the government of Greece awarded him the Commander's Cross of the Order of the Phoenix.