Thomas A.J. McGinn is Professor of Classical Studies, Religion, and Women's Studies at Vanderbilt University. He is currently Professor-in-Charge of the Classical School of the American Academy in Rome. He is the author of Prostitution, Sexuality, and the Law in Ancient Rome (1998), The Economy of Prostitution in the Roman World: A Study of Social History and the Brothel (2004), and co-author (with Bruce Frier) of A Casebook on Roman Family Law (2003).