Thomas Figueira

Thomas Figueira is Distinguished Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Rutgers University, USA. He is an internationally recognised authority on the politics and economics of ancient Greece. Among over one hundred and twenty-five publications, he is the co-editor of Ethnicity and Identity in Herodotus (2020), co-author of Wisdom from the Ancients: Enduring Business Lessons from Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and The Illustrious Leaders of Ancient Greece and Rome (2001), and author...See more

Thomas Figueira is Distinguished Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Rutgers University, USA. He is an internationally recognised authority on the politics and economics of ancient Greece. Among over one hundred and twenty-five publications, he is the co-editor of Ethnicity and Identity in Herodotus (2020), co-author of Wisdom from the Ancients: Enduring Business Lessons from Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and The Illustrious Leaders of Ancient Greece and Rome (2001), and author of The Power of Money: Coinage and Politics in the Athenian Empire (1998), Excursions in Epichoric History (1993) and Athens and Aigina in the Age of Imperial Colonization (1991). See less