Thomas Habinek (December 25, 1953 – January 19, 2019) was an American historian.

He specialized in Latin literature and Roman cultural history.

Life and career

Habinek received his AB in classics from Princeton University in 1975,[1] and later completed his PhD in classical philology from Harvard University in 1981.[1]

He was a professor of classics at University of Southern California[1] from 1992 – 2019, and received two fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the Associates' Award for Excellence in Teaching.[1] He died on January 19, 2019 at the age of 65.[2]

Bibliography

Some of his books are:

• Ancient Rhetoric and Oratory
• The World of Roman Song: From Ritualized Speech to Social Order
• The Politics of Latin Literature: Writing, Identity, and Empire in Ancient Rome.
• The Roman Cultural Revolution
• The Colometry of Latin Prose

References

External links

• University of Southern California faculty bio
• University of Southern California Press Room