Dorothy Mae Robathan

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Dorothy Mae Robathan (May 11, 1898 – December 29, 1991) was an American scholar who studied ancient and medieval texts, the Latin language, and the layout of ancient Rome. She served as president of the American Philological Association in 1964–1965.

Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, she earned a BA at Wellesley College and an MA at Columbia in 1921. After teaching at Walnut Hill School (1921–1925), she studied at the American Academy in Rome (1925–1926) and led the Latin department at Williston Northampton School (1926–1927). She earned her PhD from the University of Chicago in 1929.

In 1930 she returned to Wellesley as Professor of Latin, a post she held until 1963, then became Professor Emerita. She was a fellow of the American Academy in Rome from 1948 to 1960. In 1950 she published The Monuments of Ancient Rome, a comprehensive book on Roman architectural development, and wrote many articles on classical, medieval, and Renaissance manuscripts.