Endre Tóth (archaeologist)

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Endre Tóth (born May 1, 1944 in Szombathely (Steinamanger), Vas County , Hungary) is a Hungarian archaeologist and historian who was director of the archaeological library of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest . His areas of expertise include Roman provincial archeology and history of Pannonia, as well as the medieval kingdom in Hungary.

Life

Tóth was born to István Toth and Lujza Holy. From 1958 to 1962 he attended the Lajos-Nagy-Gymnasium in his hometown and then studied from 1963 to 1968 at the Philosophical Faculty of the Loránd-Eötvös University in Budapest . In 1969 he received his diploma as an archaeologist and historian, and in 1971 a doctorate .

Already in 1962/63 he was employed at the Savaria Museum in Szombathely. From 1968 to 1974 Tóth was employed as an assistant in the Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian National Museum and briefly changed from 1974 to 1975 as an assistant professor in the archaeological department of the Loránd Eötvös University. Between 1975 and 1985 he worked again in the archaeological sector of the National Museum before he was director of the archaeological library there from 1985 until his retirement in 2011. Tóth has held various teaching positions at several institutions, such as the University of Budapest, the University of Szeged and the Medieval Department and the Institute for Art History of the Péter Pázmány Catholic University .

In 1973 Tóth received an Italy scholarship and in 1976 he studied in Romania. He also gave lectures in Eastern and Western Europe. He has been President of the Panniculus Régiségtani Egylet ( Panniculus Society for Antiquities) in Szombathely since 1994 and a member of the Scientific Society in his hometown since 1999 . He has also been a member of the editorial board of the specialist journal Archaeologiai Értesítő (Archaeological Communications) since 2000 .

Endre Tóth's research areas include the provincial Roman archeology and history of Pannonia, including Roman military architecture and the Roman network of roads in Transdanubia, Roman culture and epigraphy , ancient and early medieval Szombathely ( Savaria ), the Hungarian coronation insignia and the royal Hungarian representation.

Tóth was also involved in excavations or directed them.

  • 1971 to 1979 at the late antique internal fortress of Ságvár .
  • 1981 at Limes watchtower 12 near Pilismarót-Basaharc.
  • 1981 to 1994 at the late antique inner fortress of Alsóheténypuszta. Tóth took over the work of Sándor Soproni there and continued it.

Honors

  • 1987: Prize of the Academy for a work on the history of Transylvania (The Roman province of Dacia)
  • 1992: Nívó Prize from the Ministry of Culture
  • 1993: Bálint Kuzsinszky Medal of the Hungarian Society for Archeology and Art History
  • 1997: Flóris-Rómer medal

Fonts (selection)

Books

  • with Károly Szelényi: The Holy Crown of Hungary. Kings and Coronations. Kossuth-Verlag, Budapest 1999, ISBN 963-09-4109-0 .
  • The Hungarian coronation insignia. Hungarian National Museum, Budapest 1996, ISBN 963-9046-02-7 .
  • with Sándor Soproni u. v. a .: The history of the peoples of Hungary from the Paleolithic to the Hungarian conquest. Hungarian National Museum, Budapest 1981, ISBN 9635627874 .
  • Porolissum. The Castellum in Moigrad. Excavations by A. Radnóti, 1943. Hungarian National Museum, Budapest 1978, ISBN 963-562-435-2 .

Essays

  • The late Roman military architecture in Transdanubia. In: Archaeologiai Értesitő 134. Budapest 2009
  • Karpen in the province of Valeria. On the question of late Roman smoothed ceramics in Transdanubia In: Communicationes archeologicae Hungariae. , Budapest 2005
  • Roman measurements in the Hungarian National Museum. Folia Archaeologica 52, 2003.
  • The topographical location of the ruins of Bölcske and their purpose. In: Ádám Szabó , Endre Tóth (ed.): Bölcske. Roman inscriptions and finds. Hungarian National Museum, Budapest 2003, (Libelli archaeologici Ser. Nov. No. II) ISBN 963-9046-83-9 . Pp. 5-10.
  • The stone monuments of Bölcske. In: Ádám Szabó, Endre Tóth (eds.): Bölcske. Roman inscriptions and finds . Hungarian National Museum, Budapest 2003, (Libelli archaeologici Ser. Nov. No. II) ISBN 963-9046-83-9 . Pp. 103-218.
  • About the time of the Battle of Abritus. In: Ádám Szabó, Endre Tóth (eds.): Bölcske. Roman inscriptions and finds . Hungarian National Museum, Budapest 2003, (Libelli archaeologici Ser. Nov. No. II) ISBN 963-9046-83-9 . Pp. 237-250.
  • The Juppiter Teutanus altars. In: Ádám Szabó, Endre Tóth (eds.): Bölcske. Roman inscriptions and finds . Hungarian National Museum, Budapest 2003, (Libelli archaeologici Ser. Nov. No. II) ISBN 963-9046-83-9 . Pp. 385-438.
  • About the Hungarian Holy Crown. Folia Archaeologica 49-50, 2001-2002
  • The Hungarian coronation scepter. Folia Archaeologica 48, 2000, pp. 111-153.
  • Onion button fibula made of sheet gold by Degoj (gold fibula of the Ostrogoth Theodoric?). Specimina Nova 16, 2000, pp. 201-211.
  • Chapter on the goldsmith's trade. In: From Augustus to Attila - Life on the Hungarian Danube Limes. Writings of the Landesmuseum Aalen 53. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2000. ISBN 3806215413 . Pp. 33-36, 53-56, 84-88.
  • Mosaburg - Moosburg. In: Acta Archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 51, 1999/2000, pp. 439-456.
  • Christianity in Pannonia up to the 7th century according to archaeological evidence. In: Christianity in the Bavarian region. Vienna 1994. pp. 241-272.
  • Templum provinciae in Tác? In: Specimina Nova, Pécs, 1989. pp. 43-58.
  • Newer Silvanus rings from Pannonia. In: Folia Archaeologica 40, 1989, pp. 113-128.
  • The Roman fortress of Iovia and its burial ground. In: Antike Welt 20, 1989, pp. 31-39.
  • Remarks on the continuity of the Roman provincial population in Transdanubia. In: The peoples of Southeast Europe in the 6th to 8th centuries. Südosteuropa-Jahrbuch Vol. 17, Berlin 1987. pp. 251-264.
  • On the urbanization of Pannonia: Municipium Volgum. Folia Archaeologica 37, 1986, pp. 163-181.
  • The Ptolemaic determination of the common boundaries of Pannonia Superior and Inferior. In: Folia Archaeologica 36, ​​1985, pp. 85-98.
  • On the chronology of the military construction activities of the 4th century in Pannonia. In: Communications from the Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 14, 1985, pp 121-136.
  • Pilismarót Roman watchtowers. In: Communicationes archeologicae Hungariae. Népművelési propaganda Iroda. Budapest 1984. pp. 67-79.
  • A gold ring with a portrait of a Julio-Claudian prince (Germanicus). In: Römisches Österreich 11/12, 1983–1984
  • A victory monument from the age of Domitianus and a senatorial cursive inscription in Savaria. In: Acta Archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 35, 1983, pp. 3-61.
  • Roman metal objects with inscriptions in the Hungarian National Museum: Instrumenta domesica I. In: Folia Archaeologica 32, 1981, pp. 145–167.
  • On the history of the northern Pannonian region in the 5th-6th centuries Jh. In: The peoples on the middle and lower Danube in the 5th and 6th centuries. (= ÖAW memoranda 145). Vienna 1980. pp. 91-100.
  • The emergence of the common borders between Pannonia and Noricum. In: Arheološki vestnik 31, 1980, pp. 80-88.
  • Roman gold and silver objects with inscriptions in the Hungarian National Museum 1. Gold rings. In: Folia Archaeologica 30, 1979, pp. 157-184.
  • The Carolingian castle of Sabaria - Szombathely. In: Folia Archaeologica 29, 1978, pp. 151-182.
  • The mosaic floor of the Aula Palatina of Savaria. In: Acta Archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 28, 1976, pp. 301-317.
  • On the historical problems of the city of Savaria and its surroundings between the 4-9. C. In: Folia Archaeologica 27, 1976, pp 89-120.
  • Contributions to the iconography of the Hungarian coronation cloak. In: Folia Archaeologica 24, 1973, pp. 219-240.
  • Figuratively decorated loculus plate from Savaria. In: Folia Archaeologica 23, 1972, pp. 151-182.
  • To the development of the term "consularis" of the governor. In: Alba Regia 13, 1972, pp. 59-69.
  • Contributions to the history of Pannonia in the age of Vespasianus. In: Acta Archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 22, 1970, pp. 133-161

literature

  • Magyar ki kicsoda 1990. Több mint 6000 élő magyar személy életrajza. TEXOFT 1990. ISBN 9637840281 . P. 602.

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Endre Tóth: The late Roman military architecture in Transdanubia . In: Archaeologiai Értesitő 134, 2009, p. 32.
  2. ^ Zsolt Visy: The Pannonian Limes in Hungary . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3806204888 . P. 70; Endre Tóth: Roman watchtowers from Pilismarót. In: Communicationes archeologicae Hungariae. Népművelési propaganda Iroda. Budapest 1984. p. 67 ff.
  3. ↑ Endre Tóth: The late Roman military architecture in Transdanubia . In: Archaeologiai Értesitő 134, 2009, p. 35.
personal data
SURNAME Tóth, Endre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian archaeologist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Szombathely