Born in
Horsens,
Denmark, in 1973, Bang studied
History,
Latin and
Greek at the
University of Aarhus from 1992 to 1999. In 1997, he was a visitor at the
University of Leicester, where he studied
Roman Archaeology. In 1999, he moved to
Corpus Christi College,
University of Cambridge, to work on his
PhD in the Faculty of Classics, supervised by professor
Peter Garnsey and professor
Keith Hopkins. During the autumn of 2001, he was a visitor, with professor
Richard Saller, at the
University of Chicago. Since 2002 Bang has been employed, currently as the professor of Roman history, in the department of history (The Saxo Institute) at the
University of Copenhagen. In 2005 he initiated, in co-operation with professor
C. A. Bayly, and was elected chair of a European-based research network,
Tributary Empires Compared, to stimulate historical comparison between the
Roman,
Mughal and
Ottoman Empires. This network was funded by
COST till 2009. During his employment in Copenhagen, Bang has been a visiting professor, fellow or academic affiliate at a range of institutions and for varying periods of time: at the
University of Tübingen in 2004, at King's College,
University of Cambridge in 2007, at the
University of Heidelberg in 2011, at the Department of Classics,
Stanford University in 2014, at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Zhejiang University in 2017, at the RomanIslam Centre,
University of Hamburg in 2020, at the Centre for Migration and Mobility in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Age,
University of Tübingen in 2022 and at the
University of Freiburg in 2023. Bang has authored, edited or co-edited fifteen volumes as of autumn 2025, as well as written a substantial number of articles, chapter contributions, reviews and essays. In addition to his academic activities, Bang writes on an occasional basis for the Danish newspaper,
Weekendavisen. == Selected works ==