title: Thomas Habinek
text: # Thomas Habinek
  
  Thomas Habinek (December 25, 1953 – January 19, 2019) was an American classical scholar.
  
  He specialized in Latin literature and Roman cultural history.
  
  ## Life and career
  
  Habinek received his AB in classics from Princeton University in 1975, and later completed his PhD in classical philology from Harvard University in 1981.
  
  He was a professor of classics at University of Southern California from 1992 – 2019, and received two fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the Associates' Award for Excellence in Teaching. He died on January 19, 2019, at the age of 65.
  
  