Gerold Walser

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Gerold Walser (born May 25, 1917 in Zurich ; † July 3, 2000 in Basel ) was a Swiss ancient historian and epigraphist .

Gerold Walser, son of the Romance studies professor Ernst Walser, studied ancient history and classical philology in Basel and Lausanne from 1936. In 1946 he received his doctorate in Basel with a thesis on Rome, the Empire and the foreign peoples in the historiography of the early imperial era with Harald Fuchs . He then taught at the University of Freiburg . After his habilitation in 1952 with Herbert Nesselhauf , Walser followed a call to Bern in 1953 , where he worked until 1978. After his retirement he went back to Freiburg and took on a teaching position there again in 1991. In 1997 he was awarded an honorary doctorate for his services to the University of Freiburg and for his scientific achievements .

In addition to the historiography of Caesar and Tacitus, his main research interests included the systematic exploration of Roman roads and milestones , the history of the Alpine region and the history of the Hittites and Iranians . From 1950 until his death, Walser and the ancient historian Karl Friedrich Stroheker published the international journal Historia .

Walser's private library was bequeathed to the Department of Ancient History at the University of Freiburg. The archaeological collection of the University of Freiburg acquired two original antique portrait heads from his previous possession.

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

  • Bellum Helveticum. Studies at the beginning of the Caesarean conquest of Gaul. Steiner, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-515-07248-9 .
  • Roman inscription art. Roman inscriptions for academic teaching and as an introduction to Latin epigraphy. 2nd, improved edition. Steiner, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-515-06065-0 .
  • Hellas and Iran. Studies on the Greco-Persian relations before Alexander (= income from research. Vol. 209). Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1984, ISBN 3-534-07272-3 .
  • Caesar and the Teutons. Studies on the political tendency of Roman campaign reports (= Historia. Individual writings. Vol. 1). Steiner, Wiesbaden 1956 (partly at the same time: Freiburg i. Br., University, habilitation thesis, 1951).
  • Rome, the empire and the foreign peoples in the historiography of the early imperial era (= Basel contributions to historical science. Vol. 37). Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel 1951 (partially at the same time: Basel, University, Philosophical-Historical Faculty, dissertation, 1946).

Editorships

  • with Brigitte Walser: Theodor Mommsen: Diary of the Franco-Italian trip. 1844/1845. Lang, Bern et al., 1976, ISBN 3-261-02096-2 .
  • The hermit inscription collection and the pilgrim guide through Rome (= Historia. Individual writings. Vol. 53). Steiner, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-515-04912-6 .
  • Contributions to the history of the Achaemenids (= Historia. Individual writings. Vol. 18). Steiner, Wiesbaden 1972

literature

  • Karl Christ : Klio's changes. The German ancient history from neo-humanism to the present. Beck, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-406-54181-X , p. 109.
  • Karl Christ: Roman history and German history. Beck, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-406-08887-2 , p. 333 f.
  • Heinz E. Herzig (Ed.): Labor omnibus unus. Gerold Walser on his 70th birthday presented by friends, colleagues and students (= Historia. Vol. 60). Steiner, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-515-04393-4 .
  • Hans Kloft : Walser, Gerold. In: Peter Kuhlmann , Helmuth Schneider (Hrsg.): History of the ancient sciences. Biographical Lexicon (= The New Pauly . Supplements. Volume 6). Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2012, ISBN 978-3-476-02033-8 , Sp. 1288 f.
  • Marlis Weinmann-Walser (ed.): Historical interpretations. Gerold Walser on his 75th birthday, offered by friends, colleagues and students (= Historia. Vol. 100). Steiner, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-515-06739-6 .

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Martin Flashar (ed.): Founders and sponsors of the archaeological collection. Fifty examples of ancient art (= writings from the Freiburg Archaeological Collection. Volume 9). Biering and Brinkmann, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-930609-42-8 , No. 37 and 48.
personal data
SURNAME Walser, Gerold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ancient historian and epigraphist
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH July 3, 2000
Place of death Basel