Thomas Figueira
Thomas Figueira was born on Broadway in Manhattan and educated in public schools in New York City and Poughkeepsie (NY). He received his BA from Fordham University (NYC) and doctorate (under Michael Jameson and Martin Ostwald) at the University of Pennsylvania. He is Distinguished Professor of Classics and of Ancient History at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He teaches classical history, Greek and Latin languages and literatures, and classical humanities at all levels including graduate studies. His work counts with over 150 contributions.
Selected Publications
- Aegina: Economy and Society (New York, 1981)
- Athens and Aigina in the Age of Imperial Colonization (Baltimore, 1991)
- Excursions in Epichoric History (Lanham, 1993)
- The Power of Money: Coinage and Politics in the Athenian Empire (Philadelphia, 1998)
- with T.C. Brennan & R.H. Sternberg, Wisdom from the Ancients: Enduring Business Lessons from Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and The Illustrious Leaders of Ancient Greece and Rome (Boston, 2001)
- with G. Nagy (ed.), Theognis of Megara: Poetry and the Polis (1985) [here]
- (ed.) Spartan Society (Swansea, 2004)
- (ed.) Myth, Text, and History at Sparta (Piscataway NJ, 2016)
- with S.R. Jensen (ed.), Athenian Hegemonic Finances (Swansea, 2019)
- with C. Soares (ed.), Ethnicity and Identity in Herodotus (London, 2020)