Hartmut Wolff

Hartmut Wolff (born November 6, 1941 in Oldenburg ; † February 4, 2012 ) was a German ancient historian .

Wolff studied history, classical philology and archeology in Erlangen , Freiburg and Cologne . He received his doctorate in 1972 from Friedrich Vittinghoff in Cologne with a thesis on the Constitutio Antoniniana . In 1977 he completed his habilitation in Cologne. From 1978 he worked there as a scientific adviser and professor. In 1980 he was appointed to the chair for Ancient History at the University of Passau , which he held until his retirement in 2007.

Wolff dealt primarily with the history of the Roman provinces, the administrative history of the Roman Empire and with Roman military diplomas . He was a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute . In 1997 he was awarded the knighthood of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .

Fonts

• The Constitutio Antoniniana and papyrus Gissensis 40 I . Dissertation Cologne 1976.
• with Werner Eck (ed.): Army and integration policy. The Roman military diplomas as a historical source (= Passau historical research. Vol. 2). Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 1986, ISBN 3-412-06686-9

literature

• Armin Eich (ed.): The administration of the imperial Roman army. Studies for Hartmut Wolff. Steiner, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-515-09420-7 .
• Oliver Stoll : Obituary by Hartmut Wolff (November 6, 1941 - February 4, 2012). In: Passauer Jahrbuch 54 (2012), pp. 237–241.

Web links

• Literature by and about Hartmut Wolff in the catalog of the German National Library