Hildegard Temporini-Gräfin Vitzthum: Difference between revisions
+ 7 categories using HotCat |
adjust |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Hildegard Temporini-Gräfin Vitzthum''' (14 March 1939{{spaced ndash}}30 November 2004) was a German [[Classics#Ancient history|classical historian]] and writer, who was well known for her work on the [[Women in ancient Rome|role and influence of women]] in the early-to-mid [[Roman Empire]]. She was also co-editor of ''[[Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt]]'', |
'''Hildegard Temporini-Gräfin Vitzthum''' (14 March 1939{{spaced ndash}}30 November 2004) was a German [[Classics#Ancient history|classical historian]] and writer, who was well known for her work on the [[Women in ancient Rome|role and influence of women]] in the early-to-mid [[Roman Empire]]. She was also co-editor of ''[[Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt]]'' and [[Historia (classical antiquity history journal)|''Historia'']], two leading ancient history publications. |
||
==Biography== |
==Biography== |
||
Revision as of 23:47, 5 March 2024
Hildegard Temporini-Gräfin Vitzthum (14 March 1939 – 30 November 2004) was a German classical historian and writer, who was well known for her work on the role and influence of women in the early-to-mid Roman Empire. She was also co-editor of Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt and Historia, two leading ancient history publications.
Biography
Born in 1939, Temporini moved from Frankfurt to Tübingen in 1958 to study under Joseph Vogt at the city's university, which she would remain at for the rest of her career. She received her doctorate in the winter of 1966/67 after writing a groundbreaking dissertation on the role of women at the royal court during the reign of Trajan, opening up a new field of academic research. She subsequently researched the regulations of succession in the Roman Empire, attempting to reconcile the differences in the available historical and archaeological material, and for this work received her habilitation from the university in 1975. From 1977 until her death in 2004, Temporini taught classes on ancient history at Tübingen, while continuing her career in active scholarship. Although much of her work centered around her explorations of the role of women in the early-to-mid Roman Empire, Temporini also investigated questions of political thought in antiquity.[1]
During this time, Temporini was the co-editor of two internationally significant publications: the Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt (ANRW; Rise and Decline of the Roman World in English), and the academic journal Historia. Temporini co-edited the ANRW, which began as a festschrift in honour of her mentor Vogt, from its inception in 1972; having also taken up the position for Historia in 1984, she edited both publications until the year of her death. In 2002, she additionally published a collection of essays titled Die Kaiserinnen Roms: Von Livia bis Theodora ("The Empresses of Rome: From Livia to Theodora").[1]
Temporini, who was married to the the lawyer Wolfgang Graf Vitzthum, died on 30 November 2004 after a long and serious illness.[1]
References
Citations
- ^ a b c Meier 2005.
Sources
- Heinen, Heinz (2005). "Hildegard Temporini-Gräfin Vitzthum, 1939–2004". Historia. 54.
- Hermann-Otto, Elisabeth (2012). "Temporini-Gräfin Vitzthum, Hildegard". In Peter Kuhlmann; Helmuth Schneider (eds.). Geschichte der Altertumswissenschaften. Biographisches Lexikon. pp. 1217–1218. ISBN 978-3-4760-2033-8.
- Meier, Mischa (20 February 2005). "Prof. Dr. Hildegard Temporini-Countess Vitzthum". uni-tuebingen.de. Archived from the original on 31 July 2007.