Dr Alexander Gordon Thein BA, PhD
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Biography:
My undergraduate degree is in Classics from Keble College, Oxford, my PhD is in Ancient History from the University of Pennsylvania. After living in Philadelphia for four years, I had two years of research in Berlin in part funded by the DAAD, and one year of postdoctoral research at the British School at Rome, funded by the British Academy. My first teaching position was at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. I moved to UCD in 2004. During semester leave in 2007 I received a grant from the DAAD to return to Berlin for three months. |
Research Interests
| Roman Republican History and the civil war violence of the 80s B.C. Topography of the city of Rome and the Roman Campagna. |
Book Chapters
| Thein, A. (2013) 'Messenia, Ethnic Identity and Contingency' In: McInerney, J (eds). A Companion to Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. [Details] |
| Thein, A.; (2010) 'Sulla's Veteran Settlement Policy' In: Daubner, F (eds). Militärsiedlungen und Territorialherrschaft in der Antike (Topoi / Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 3). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. [Details] |
| Thein, A.; (2009) 'Felicitas and the memoirs of Sulla and Augustus' In: Smith, C. and Powell, A (eds). The Lost Memoirs of Augustus and the development of Roman autobiography. Swansea: The Classical Press of Wales. [Details] |
| Thein, A. G.; (2006) 'Sulla the weak tyrant' In: Lewis, S (eds). Ancient Tyranny. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. [Details] |
Edited Books
| L. Haselberger, D. G. Romano, with D. Borbonus, E. A. Dumser, A. B. Gallia, Ö. Harmanşah, L. Haselberger, E. J. Kondratieff, C. F. Noreña, G. Petruccioli, D. G. Romano, N. L. Stapp, A. G. Thein, G. Varinlioğlu, and others (Ed.). (2002) Mapping Augustan Rome. Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series 50. Portsmouth, Rhode Island: Journal of Roman Archaeology. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Thein, A.; (2010) 'Revisiting Augustus' northern Campus Martius'. Journal of Roman Archaeology, 23 :483-487. [Details] |
| Thein, A. ; (2010) 'Sulla. Review: F. Hinard, Sullana Varia. Aux sources de la première guerre civile romaine (Paris 2008)'. Classical Review, 60 (1):207-208. [DOI] [Details] |
| Thein, A. G.; (2005) 'The Via Latina, the Via Labicana and the location of Ad Pictas'. Papers of the British School at Rome, 73 :131-155. [Details] |
| Thein, A. G.; (2005) 'Review: M. Chassignet, L'Annalistique Romaine. Tome III. L'Annalistique récente. L'Autobiographie politique (fragments) (Paris 2004)'. Journal of Roman Studies 1911-2003, 95 :282-283. [Details] |
| Thein, A. G.; (2004) 'Sullan veteran settlements'. Papers of the British School at Rome, 72 :363-364. [Details] |
| Thein, A. G.; (2004) 'Review: F. Cairns and E. Fantham (eds.), Caesar against Liberty? Perspectives on his Autocracy, Papers of the Langford Latin Seminar 11 (Cambridge 2003)'. Journal of Roman Studies 1911-2003, 94 :239-239. [Details] | |||||||||
Thein, A. G.; (2003) 'Review: Karl Christ, Sulla. Eine römische Karriere (Munich 2002)'. Bryn Mawr Classical Review, .  [Details] |
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Dictionary Entry
| Thein, A. G. et al.; (2002) Vicus Sabuci, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] |
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Vicus Patricius, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] |
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) 'Vicus Curvus/Corvi', in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] |
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) 'Via Tusculana', in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] |
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) 'Via Tiburtina Vetus', in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] |
| Thein, A. G. ; (2002) Via Tiburtina, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Via Praenestina, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) 'Via Labicana-Praenestina', in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Via Labicana, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Via in Figlinis, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) 'Via Collatina', in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) 'Via Caelimontana', in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Veiovis, Aedes (Capitolium), in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Vallis: Colosseum, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Turris Maecenatiana, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Theatrum Pompeium/Pompeianum, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Tabularium, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Sepulcrum: M. Vergilius Eurysaces, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Sepulcrum: Statilii, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Sepulcrum: C. Publicius Bibulus, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Sepulcrum: 'Casa Tonda', in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Sepulcrum: Arruntii, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Saxum Tarpeium, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Porticus Pompeianae, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Porticus Liviae, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Porta Viminalis, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Porta Tiburtina: Augustan Arch. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Porta Ratumenna, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Porta Querquetulana, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Porta Pandana, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Porta Esquilina, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Porta Conlatina, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Porta Catularia, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Ops, Aedes, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Oppius Mons: Street, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Oppius Mons, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Muri: Viminalis, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Muri: Oppius, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Muri: Cispius, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Muri: Capitolium, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Muri: Caelius Mons, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Muri, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Minerva Medica, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Minerva Capta, Delubra/Minervium, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Mefitis, Aedes, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Macellum Liviae, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Libitina, Lucus, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Lacus Orphei, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Iuppiter Tonans, Aedes, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Iuppiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus, Aedes, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Iuno Moneta, Aedes. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Iuno Lucina, Aedes, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Iter (inter lucos), in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Iseum Metellinum: Substructure. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Iseum Metellinum: Porticus-Piscina, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Iseum Metellinum, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Horti Tauriani, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Horti Pompei/Pompeiani, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Horti Maiani, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Horti Maecenatis/Maecenatiani, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Horti Lolliani, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Horti Lamiani: Cryptoporticus, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Horti Lamiani, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Horti Calyclani, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Hecatostylum, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Gradus: Moneta, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Forum Esquilinum, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Fortuna Primigenia (Capitolium), in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Fornix: P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Figlinae: Circular Wall, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Figlinae/in Figlinis, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Fides, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Fagutal, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Esquiline: Street, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Esquiline Horti: Colonnade, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Esquiline Horti: Apsidal Building. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Esquiline Horti, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Esquiliae, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Dona Pompei, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Domus: Cn. Pompeius Magnus (2), in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Domus: Oppius Mons (2), in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Domus: Oppius Mons (1). Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Domus: Horti Maecenatis (2), in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Domus: Horti Maecenatis (1), in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Domus: Cispius, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Diaeta Apollinis, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Curia Pompei/Pompeiana, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Concordia, Aedes (Arx), in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G. et al.; (2002) Cohortes Vigilum: Stationes, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Clivus Suburanus, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Clivus Pullius, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Clivus Capitolinus, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Cispius Mons, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Carcer, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Capitolium: Marble Plan Temples, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Capitolium: Marble Plan Steps, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Capitolium, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Campus Viminalis, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Campus Esquilinus, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Bellona Rufilia, Aedes, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G. ; (2002) Auguraculum (Arx), in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) 'Auditorium Maecenatis', in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G. ; (2002) Asylum, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) 'Arx Ianiculensis', in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Area Capitolina/Capitolii, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Arx, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Agger, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2002) Aequimelium, in: Mapping Augustan Rome. Dictionary Entry [Details] | |||||||||
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Encyclopedia Entry
| Thein, A.; (2010) Publius Rutilius Rufus, in: Blackwell Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Encyclopedia Entry [Details] |
Translation
| Haselberger, L.; (2007) Urbem Adornare: Die Stadt Rom und ihre Gestaltumwandlung unter Augustus. Rome's urban metamorphosis under Augustus, with English translation of the main text by Alexander Thein, Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series Number 63. Portsmouth, Rhode Island: Translation [Details] |
Associations
| Association: Classical Association of Ireland, Function/Role: Treasurer & UCD Representative on Central Council (Secretary 2008-12) |
| Association: Classical Association of Ireland (Dublin Branch), Function/Role: Committee Member |
Conference Contributions
| Thein, A. (2012) The Myth and Monuments of Castor and Pollux circa 168 B.C. [Invited Oral Presentation], Ruin or Renewal? Places and the Transformation of Memory in the City of Rome, Lampeter, University of Wales, Trinity Saint David , 09-MAR-12 - 10-MAR-12. |
| Thein, A. (2012) Messenia, Ethnic Identity and Contingency. [Invited Oral Presentation], Ethnicity in the World of the Ancient Mediterranean, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania , 09-JAN-12 - 10-JAN-12. |
| Thein, A.; (2010) Leadership in Late Republican Rome. [Invited Lecture], Visions of Leadership in the Ancient World, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin , 04-NOV-10 - 05-NOV-10. |
| Thein, A.; (2009) The Civilian Experience of War in Late Republican Rome. [Invited Oral Presentation], Soldiers and Civilians in Combat: Norms and Excesses, Centre for War Studies, Trinity College Dublin , 24-APR-09 - 24-APR-09. |
| Thein, A.; (2008) The Sullan Veteran Settlements. [Invited Oral Presentation], Militärsiedlungen und Territorialherrschaft in der Antike, Berlin (Freie Universität) , 20-JUN-08 - 21-JUN-08. |
| Thein, A.; (2008) Ethnicity and Identity in Central and Southern Italy: Approaches to the Question since Jonathan Hall. [Invited Oral Presentation], Kollektive Identitäten im Tod, Rome (Deutsches Archäeologisches Institut) , 06-JUN-08 - 07-JUN-08. | |||||||||
| Thein, A.; (2008) 'Demagogue generals' and the client armies of the Sullan period. [Oral Presentation], Seventh European Social Science History Conference, Lisbon , 26-FEB-08 - 01-MAR-08. | |||||||||
| Thein, A.; (2006) Sulla's Dictatorship and the Massacres of 82 BC. [Invited Oral Presentation], The Politics of Dead Bodies, School of History & Archives, UCD , 10-MAR-06 - 10-MAR-06. | |||||||||
| Thein, A. G.; (2004) 'The Tabularium and Catulus' 'Precinct of Saturn': typology, identification, visualization'. [Invited Oral Presentation], Third Williams Symposium on Classical Architecture, Rome , 20-MAY-04 - 23-MAY-04. | |||||||||
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Committees
| Committee : Classical Association of Ireland, Central Council |
| Committee : Royal Irish Academy Committee for Classical and Near Eastern Studies |
Reviews
| Classics Ireland: Editorial Board member. |