Michael Paul Speidel (born May 25, 1937) is a German-born American military historian and archaeologist who specializes in the study of the Roman army and ancient warfare.
[1] Michael Paul Speidel was born in Pforzheim, Germany on May 25, 1937.
Speidel received his Ph.D. in ancient history from the University of Freiburg in 1962.
In 1968 Speidel became Associate Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Speidel specializes in the study of the Roman army, particularly its epigraphy, on which he has written a number of books.