Kian Duchesne
Member since Aug 07, 2025
Kian Duchesne
@kian-duchesne
About Kian Duchesne
Kian holds a BA in Ancient Studies from Laval University and is currently completing his Master's at Laval University in the Ancient Studies Program. His memoir is about understanding how the Roman province of Syria in Late Antiquity (from the reign of Diocletian to Justinian) was not only a military frontier (with its fortifications), but also an area of exchange (e.g. religious, economic, cultural).
Education
BA Ancient Studies
Laval University, 2023
Areas of Expertise
Awards
Master’s Training Scholarship - Government of Quebec (2025-2026)
Canada Graduate Scholarship - Government of Canada (2024-2025)
Award for Excellence in Latin - University Laval (2023)
Merit Scholarship - University of Ottawa (2020)
About Kian Duchesne
Kian holds a BA in Ancient Studies from Laval University and is currently completing his Master's at Laval University in the Ancient Studies Program. His memoir is about understanding how the Roman province of Syria in Late Antiquity (from the reign of Diocletian to Justinian) was not only a military frontier (with its fortifications), but also an area of exchange (e.g. religious, economic, cultural).
Education
BA Ancient Studies
Laval University, 2023
Awards
Master’s Training Scholarship - Government of Quebec (2025-2026)
Canada Graduate Scholarship - Government of Canada (2024-2025)
Award for Excellence in Latin - University Laval (2023)
Merit Scholarship - University of Ottawa (2020)
Areas of Expertise
How Archaeology Challenges the Myth of Arab Destruction
The Arab conquests in the middle of the 7th century took the Levant from the Sasanians and the Byzantines, supposedly leaving a desolated landscape.
Admiral Nelson’s 9 Most Important Battles
Horatio Nelson became a national British hero for his participation in some of the most important naval battles of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars.
How the Sasanians Used Chemical Warfare to Beat Rome at Dura-Europos
The Sasanians, under Shapur I, besieged and destroyed Dura Europos in 256 CE using one of the first recorded instances of chemical warfare in history.
How Septimius Severus’ Siege of Byzantium May Have Created Constantinople
Septimius Severus besieged Byzantium in 193 CE. A century later, Constantine may have remembered the siege for the location of his new capital.