Fritz Mitthof
Fritz Mitthof (born November 6, 1964 in Stuttgart ) is a German ancient historian and papyrologist .
Fritz Mitthof studied history and philosophy in Heidelberg , where he received his doctorate in 1996 with a thesis by Géza Alföldy and Dieter Hagedorn on military supplies in late ancient Egypt. He then worked as a research assistant in Jena , and since 1998 in Vienna, where he worked for the Commission for Ancient Legal History at the Austrian Academy of Sciences until 2008 . After completing his habilitation at the University of Vienna in 2004 , he succeeded Gerhard Dobesch as professor of Roman history, antiquity and epigraphy in 2008 . In 2015 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj . In 2017 he was elected to the Austrian Academy of Sciences .
Mitthof's research focus is the history of the Roman Empire, geographically in particular the Danube and Balkans as well as Egypt. He has edited several papyrus editions.
Fonts
- Annona militaris. Army supplies in late ancient Egypt. A contribution to the administrative and military history of the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 6th centuries AD. 2 volumes. Gonnelli, Firenze 2001.
- A late antique economic book from Diospolis Parva. The Erlangen Papyrus Code and the texts from its environment (P. Erl. Diosp.) . Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-77547-4 .
- (Ed.): Corpus papyrorum Raineri . Volume 23. Greek texts. - 16. New documents from Roman and late ancient Egypt on administration and imperial history (1st – 7th centuries AD) . De Gruyter, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-85119-288-5 .
- (Ed.): Papyrologica Vindobonensia . Volume 3. Greek papyrus documents of smaller format. SPP III 119-238. Promissory notes and receipts . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-7001-3535-7 .
literature
- Bernhard Palme : Fritz Mitthof. In: Austrian Academy of Sciences. Almanach 2017, 167th volume, Vienna 2018, p. 184.
Web links
- Literature by and about Fritz Mitthof in the catalog of the German National Library
- Page from Fritz Mitthof at the University of Vienna
- Interview in the online newspaper of the University of Vienna
- Invitation to the inaugural lecture March 2011
First chair / professorship: Otto Hirschfeld (1876–1885) | Eugen Bormann (1885–1914) | Wilhelm Kubitschek (1916–1929) | Rudolf Egger (1929–1945) | Artur Betz (1946–1975) | Gerhard Dobesch (1976-2007) | Fritz Mitthof (since 2008)
Second chair / professorship: Emil Szanto (1901–1904) | Adolf Wilhelm (1905–1933) | Josef Keil (1936–1950) | Fritz Schachermeyr (1952–1963 / 70) | Ernst Kirsten (1970–1981) | Peter Siewert (1983-2005) | Thomas Corsten (since 2010)
Third chair / professorship: Adolf Bauer (1916–1919) | Ekkehard Weber (1980-2007) | Bernhard Palme (since 2004)
Other positions: Roman Stiglitz (1973–1987)
Professorship for Etruscology and Italian Antiquity: Luciana Aigner-Foresti (1994–2001) | Petra Amann (since 2013)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mitthof, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ancient historian and papyrologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |