Annius of Viterbo
Annius von Viterbo (born January 5, 1437 in Viterbo ; † September 13, 1502 in Rome ; born as Giovanni Nanni (Nenni); also Joannes Annius Viterb (i) ensis ) was an Italian Dominican monk who was a historian at the papal court worked. He is known as a forger of historical documents .
He is the author of the forgery, exposed as a pseudo- Berossos , which was printed in Rome in 1498 and connects the history of the Bible with the Germania of Tacitus . His family tree of alleged Germanic tribes had a far-reaching effect in equating Germans with Germans . There has been much debate about the authenticity of these documents, but Joseph Justus Scaliger has proven the forgeries.
Fonts
- De futuris Christianorum triumphis in Saracenos . Genoa 1480
- Antiquitatum variarum volumina XVII a venerando et sacrae theologiae et praedicatorii ordinis professore Ioanni Annio . Rome 1498 (with alleged writings of Berossus, Manetho , Megasthenes , Archilochus , Myrsile , Quintus Fabius Pictor , Sempronius , Cato, and others)
literature
- Henry Joseph Schroeder: Annius of Viterbo . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 1, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1907.
- Marianne Wifstrand Schiebe: Annius von Viterbo and the Swedish historiography of the 16th and 17th centuries (= scrifter. Kungliga Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundet, vol. 48). Uppsala 1992.
- Thomas Lehr: What really happened after the flood. The antiquities of Annius von Viterbo and their reception in Germany in the 16th century , Lang, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern a. a. 2012, ISBN 978-3-631-62356-5 .
- Christopher R. Ligota: Annius of Viterbo and Historical Method . In: Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 50, 1987, pp. 44-56.
- Riccardo Fubini: Nanni, Giovanni (Annio da Viterbo). In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 77: Morlini-Natolini. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2012.
Web links
- Works by Giovanni Nanni in the complete catalog of incandescent prints
- Roland Steinacher: Ethnogenesis, Gens, Regnum - the historical ethnography . In: Latin Forum issue 51/52, 2003
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Annius of Viterbo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Giovanni Nanni (birth name); Giovanni Nenni; Joannes Annius Viterbensis; Joannes Annius Viterbiensis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Dominican and historian; History forger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1437 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Viterbo |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1502 |
| Place of death | Rome |