Matthew Freeman Trundle (12 October 1965 – 12 July 2019) was a British-born New Zealand academic.
[4] After a period teaching at Glendon College in Toronto, and carrying out research at excavations in Corinth and Isthmia in Greece, Trundle was appointed as a lecturer in classics at Victoria University of Wellington.
[3] He rose to the rank of associate professor in 2011, before being appointed to a chair in classics and ancient history at the University of Auckland the following year.
[3] His research interests were primarily related to ancient Greek economic, social and military history.
[3] His wife, Catherine Trundle, is a member of the Anthropology Programme at Victoria University of Wellington.