András Mócsy

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András Mócsy (also Andreas Mócsy, born May 15, 1929 in Budapest ; † January 20, 1987 ibid) was a Hungarian provincial Roman archaeologist , epigraphist and ancient historian who also dealt with ancient onomastics . His most important publications received international attention.

Life

The private collection of his father, the veterinarian and university professor János Mócsy, aroused his interest in antiquity . After attending the Piarist High School in Budapest, the young Mócsy studied Latin between 1947 and 1949 at what was then Péter Pázmány University, specializing in history and archeology. From 1951 to 1959 he was employed as a research assistant at the Hungarian National Museum , directed many excavations in western Hungary and published the results in numerous research reports. Even before this time he turned to epigraphy. In 1950 his contribution to the organization of the military town in Aquincum appeared and in 1956 he published the monograph The population from Pannonia up to the Marcomann Wars, which appeared in German in 1959 . In April 1957 Mócsy took part with numerous scholars of classical studies, including the classical philologist István Borzsák (1914-2007), who was branded as a state dissident , in founding the Eirene Committee to promote classical studies in the socialist countries in Liblitz and Prague . In 1959 he moved to the Loránd Eötvös University and completed his habilitation there in 1961 at the archaeological chair. In 1962 Mócsy became an associate professor and in 1969 a full professor of archeology. In addition, he held a professorship for ancient history. One of his students was Barnabás Lőrincz (1951–2012). In the following years he presented extensive ancient historical and Roman provincial publications. In addition to these activities, Mócsy was president of the historical-philological class at Loránd Eötvös University. After a long and serious illness, he died in Budapest.

Mócsy was editor and member of the editorial board of several national and international magazines. His work on the Roman Empire, with a particular focus on the Danube provinces, has been published in numerous languages. From 1966 he was a full member of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) and a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW).

Excavations

The Dunafalva landing stage after the inventory by András Mócsy in 1958.

Significant excavations include:

Awards

  • 1971 Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • 1983 Hungarian State Prize for Culture
  • 1986 Gold Medal from the Loránd Eötvös University in Budapest
  • Kuzsinszky Medal
  • Flóris-Rómer Medal

Fonts (selection)

  • The population from Pannonia to the Marcomann Wars. Hungarian Academy of Sciences Publishing House, Budapest 1959.
  • Pannonia. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplementary Volume IX, Stuttgart 1962, Sp. 516-776.
  • To the population in late antiquity. In: Géza Alföldy: Population and Society of the Roman Province of Dalmatia. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest 1965.
  • Municipal parishes and their territories in Moesia Superior. Akademija nauka i umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine, 1967.
  • Society and Romanization in the Roman Province of Moesia Superior. Hakkert, Amsterdam 1970.
  • Preparatory work for an onomasticon from Moesia superior. ANUBiH, Godišnjak Centra za balkanološka ispitivanja, knjiga 6., Sarajevo 1970.
  • with Lajos Balla, Tihamér Szentléleky: The Roman Stone Monuments of Savaria. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest 1971.
  • The Limes and the Provinces. XIV International Congress of Historical Sciences, San Francisco 1975.
  • Pannonia and Upper Moesia. A history of the middle Danube provinces of the Roman Empire. Routledge & K. Paul, London a. Boston 1974, ISBN 0710077149 .
  • with László Barkóczi: The Roman Inscriptions of Hungary (RIU). 2. Delivery. Salla, Mogentiana, Mursella, Brigetio . Hakkert, Amsterdam 1976, ISBN 9630506807 .
  • with Barnabás Lőrincz : The Army. In: András Mócsy: Pannonia research 1973–1976. In: Acta Archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 29, 1977
  • On the origin and character of the northern borders of Rome. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen, 1978, ISBN 3531072293
  • The late Roman fortress and burial ground of Tokod. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest 1981, ISBN 9630523752 .
  • Contributions to name statistics. Dissertationes Pannonicae. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1985. ISBN 3774923450 .

Posthumously

From the estate appeared:

  • Pannonia and the Roman Army. Selected essays. Edited by Michael P. Speidel . Steiner, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3515061037 .
  • with Sándor Soproni , Jenő Fitz u. a .: The territory of Aquincum, the Civitas Eraviscorum and the Limes stretch of Matrica-Annamatia and the territory of Gorsium. (= The Roman inscriptions of Hungary (RIU). 6th delivery). Enciklopédia Kiadó, Budapest and Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-7749-3054-6 .
  • with László Makkai, Béla Köpeczi (eds.): History of Transylvania. Institute of History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Columbia University Press, New York 2001, ISBN 0-88033-479-7 .

literature

  • Hans-Joachim Drexhage : In memoriam András Mócsy, 1929-1987. In: Munster contributions to ancient trade history 6, 1 (1987), p. 1.
  • Barnabás Lőrincz : Scientific activity of Prof. A. Mócsy. In: Acta archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 41 (1989) pp. 9-15.
  • Thomas Pekáry : András Mócsy. In: Gnomon, 60, pp. 285-286 (1988).
  • Edit B. Thomas : András Mócsy. In: Austrian Academy of Sciences. Almanach 137 (1987), pp. 399-403.
  • Endre Tóth : Mócsy András, 1929-1987. In: Archaeologiai értesítő 114 (1987-88), pp. 245-247.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Pavel Oliva: Review of András Mócsy: Pannonia and the Roman Army. Selected essays. In: Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina 30, 1994, p. 206.
  2. ↑ a b c Hans-Joachim Drexhage: In Memoriam. András Mócsy (1929–1987). In: Munster contributions to ancient trading history 6, 1, 1986, p. 1.
  3. ↑ Barnabás Lőrincz: The Roman auxiliaries in Pannonia during the Principate's time. Part I: The Inscriptions. Forschungsgesellschaft Wiener Stadtarchäologie, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-902086025 , p. 12.
  4. ^ Zsolt Visy: The Pannonian Limes in Hungary . Theiss, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-8062-0488-8 , p. 100.
  5. ^ András Mócsy: The late Roman ship landing in Contra Florentiam. In: Folia Archeologica 10 (1958), pp. 89-104; again in the other: Pannonia and the Roman army. Selected essays. Steiner, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3515061037 , p. 248.
  6. ^ András Mócsy in: Jenő Fitz (Ed.): The Roman Limes in Hungary. Fejér Megyei Múzeumok Igazgatósága, 1976, p. 47.
  7. ↑ Márta Kelemen: Tokod fortress. In: Zsolt Visy (ed.): The Roman army in Pannonia. Teleki Lázló Foundation 2003, ISBN 963-86388-2-6 , p. 84.
personal data
SURNAME Mócsy, András
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mócsy, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian provincial Roman archaeologist, epigraphist and numismatist
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1987
Place of death Budapest