Richard Martin Berthold (born 1946) is an American
classical historian
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, an associate professor
emeritus
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at the
University of New Mexico
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.
He is the author of two books on classical history, and is also known for his controversial positions on politics and religion.
Books
Berthold is the author of the book ''Rhodes in the Hellenistic Age'' (Cornell University Press, 1984)
and of the self-published ''Dare to Struggle: The History and Society of Greece'' (2009).
Education and career
Berthold graduated from
Stanford University
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in 1967.
He did his graduate studies at
Cornell University
Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...
, earning a M.A. in 1969 with the thesis ''The Battle at Marathon'' and completing his Ph.D. in 1971 with the dissertation ''Rhodian Foreign Affairs 205-164 B.C.''. After a year as a part-time lecturer at Cornell, he joined the faculty of the University of New Mexico in 1972 as an assistant professor.
[ He retired from the University of New Mexico in 2002, but was recalled to teaching in 2006.]
Controversies
On the day of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
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Berthold told two large freshman classes that "Anybody who blows up the Pentagon
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gets my vote."the Exodus
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.[
He drew renewed media attention in 2018 for using ]Nazi
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insignia to protest the policies of the Republican Party.
References
External links
Berthold's defense of his 2001 statementsqqduckus
Berthold's blog
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1946 births
Living people
Stanford University alumni
Cornell University alumni
University of New Mexico faculty
Scholars of ancient Greek history