Richard John Alexander Talbert (lahir 26 April 1947) merupakan seorang sejarawan dan klasik keturunan Amerika Inggris kontemporer kuno di fakultas Universitas Carolina Utara, Chapel Hill, di mana dia adalah William Rand Kenan, Jr., Profesor Sejarah Kuno dan Klasik. Talbert adalah pakar geografi kuno dan gagasan ruang angkasa di dunia Mediterania.
[Festschrift]. Lee L. Brice and Daniëlle Slootjes. Edd. 2014. Aspects of Ancient Institutions and Geography: Studies in Honor of Richard J.A. Talbert. Leiden: E. J. Brill. ISBN9789004283718. Reviews: Ancient History Bulletin 2015
2017. Roman portable sundials: the empire in your hand. (Oxford). ISBN9780190273484
2004. with M.T. Boatwright and D. Gargola. The Romans: From Village to Empire (Oxford). ISBN0195118758. Review: BMCR 2006.04.29. Czech edition (2012). Dějiny římské rise: od nejranějších časů po Konstantina VelikéhoISBN978-80-247-3168-1.
2012. with M.T. Boatwright, N. Lenski and D. Gargola The Romans: From Village to Empire: A History of Rome from Earliest Times to the End of the Western Empire 2nd expanded edition (Oxford). ISBN978-0199730575.
2012. with Susan E. Alcock and John P. Bodel. Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World. (Wiley-Blackwell). ISBN9780470674253.
2013. New introduction to re-print of William Smith. An atlas of ancient geography, biblical and classical: maps of the ancient world. London: I. B. Tauris. ISBN9781848853522.