Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton

Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton ( born February 17, 1900 in Corbetton, Ontario, † September 17 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina) was a Canadian scholars of antiquity, known primarily for his prosopographical research on the Roman Republic.

Broughton attended Victoria College, University of Toronto, where he graduated in 1922 with the MA. He then went to the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins University, where he received his doctorate in Latin philology in 1928. One of his teachers was the historian Tenney Frank.

As a lecturer Broughton returned to the Victoria College. From there he moved to Amherst College and Bryn Mawr College, where he taught from 1928 to 1965. The conclusion of his academic career formed the Chair of Latin at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a position he held from 1965 to 1971. He also held visiting professorships at the Johns Hopkins University and the American Academy in Rome.

Broughton's main work is the prosopographical manual Magistrates of the Roman Republic, which seeks to collect all 31 known officials of the Roman Republic BC. It appeared in three volumes, 1951-1986; for the first two volumes Broughton in 1953 awarded by the American Philological Association.

Broughton was a member of numerous scientific societies and academies and honorary doctorate from the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Toronto and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Broughton's son is the writer T. Alan Broughton.

Writings (selection )

  • The Romanization of Africa Proconsularis. Baltimore in 1929, new edition 1968 ( dissertation).
  • Roman Asia Minor. In Tenney Frank (ed.): An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome, Vol 4 Johns Hopkins UP, Baltimore, 1938, pp. 499-918.
  • Magistrates of the Roman Republic. Vol 1: 509 B.C. -100 B.C. Vol 2: 99 B.C. -31 B.C. American Philological Association, New York from 1951 to 1952. Reproduction Scholars Press, Atlanta, 1986, ISBN 0-89130-812-1. Supplement to the Magistrates of the Roman Republic. American Philological Association, New York 1960. Vol 3 Supplement. Scholars Press, Atlanta, Georgia, 1986, ISBN 0-89130-811-3.
  • Candidates Defeated in Roman Elections: some ancient Roman ' also- rans '. In: Transactions of the American Philological Association. 81.4 (1991).
  • Autobiography. A scholar 's life. Gorgias Press, Piscataway, NJ 2008, ISBN 978-1-593-33837-4 ( American Journal of Ancient History, 5).
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