Robert Broughton

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

Broughton attended Victoria College at the University of Toronto , where he graduated with an MA in 1922. 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 ancient historian Tenney Frank .

Broughton returned to Victoria College as a lecturer. From there he moved to Amherst College and Bryn Mawr College , where he taught from 1928 to 1965. The end of his academic career was the chair of Latin at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , which he held from 1965 to 1971. He was also visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University and the American Academy in Rome .

Broughton's main work is the prosopographic handbook Magistrates of the Roman Republic , which endeavors to include all known officials of the Roman Republic up to 31 BC. To put together. It appeared in three volumes between 1951 and 1986; for the first two volumes Broughton was awarded in 1953 by the American Philological Association.

Broughton was a member of numerous scientific associations and academies (including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1962 and the American Philosophical Society since 1955 ) and honorary doctorates from Johns Hopkins University, the University of Toronto and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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

Fonts (selection)

  • The Romanization of Africa Proconsularis . Baltimore 1929, reissued 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 BC-100 BC Vol. 2: 99 BC-31 BC . American Philological Association, New York 1951-1952. Reprinted by 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).

literature

  • Jerzy Linderski: Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon . In: Ward W. Briggs (ed.): Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists , Westport, CT / London: Greenwood Press 1994, ISBN 978-0-313245-60-2 , pp. 64-66.
  • Jerzy Linderski (Ed.): Imperium Sine Fine: T. Robert S. Broughton and the Roman Republic . Steiner, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-515-06948-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME Broughton, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian classical scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Corbetton, Ontario
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 1993
Place of death Chapel Hill, North Carolina