T(homas) Robert S(hannon) Broughton

Roman historian, born in Corbetton, Ontario, Canada. He studied at the University of Toronto, Canada (1921 BA; 1922 MA) and at Johns Hopkins (1928 PhD). He spent most of his teaching career in the USA, notably at Bryn Mawr (1928–65) and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1965–70, emeritus 1970). His Magistrates of the Roman Republic (1951–2) and Addenda and Corrigenda (1986), record every known Roman magistrate from 509BC to 31BC. This monumental work, largely done by one man working without the help of computer technology, made it possible for historians to apply accurately the techniques of prosopography, the study of relationships between individuals, to the Roman Republic.

Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton (1900-1993) was a Canadian classical scholar and leading Latin prosopographer of the twentieth century. He is especially noted for his definitive three-volume work, Magistrates of the Roman Republic (1951-1986). After studying at the University of Chicago, he was made a Rogers Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, where he received a Ph.D. Broughton's main scholarly work was his massive, 3 volume Magistrates of the Roman Republic (1951-1986). This project required more than 30 years to complete, but provides an unparalleled accounting of the names of those men elected to office during the Roman Republic. In 1953 the Magistrates of the Roman Republic was recognized with the Award of Merit from the American Philological Association.

Broughton’s career included a variety of academic appointments and awards: visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University, Simon F. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow, holder of a Fulbright research grant to Italy and professor in charge of the School of Classical Studies of the American Academy in Rome.

Broughton served as president of the American Philological Association and as vice president of the International Federation of Societies of Classical Studies for 10 years. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an honorary member of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute and a corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. degrees: Johns Hopkins University in 1969, the University of Toronto in 1971 and UNC-CH in 1974.

In 1931, he married Annie Leigh Hobson Broughton of Norfolk, Virginia. Magistrates of the Roman Republic (1951-1986). "Roman Asia Minor", in Tenney Frank, An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome IV (1938) "Candidates Defeated in Roman Elections: some ancient Roman 'also-rans'" Transactions of the American Philological Association 81.4 (1991).