Helmut Halfmann

Helmut Halfmann (born January 21, 1950 in Geilenkirchen ) is a German ancient historian .

After graduating from high school in Bonn in 1968, he studied history and Latin there and in Bochum. After the first state examination in 1975, he became a research assistant at the Department of Ancient History at Heidelberg University . There he received his doctorate in 1977 with a thesis supervised by Géza Alföldy . After completing his doctorate, he worked as a research assistant in Münster. Halfmann completed his habilitation in 1984 and took over a professorship at the University of Münster in 1986 . In 1991 he changed to a chair at the University of Hamburg as successor to Peter Herrmann . In October 1995 he turned down an offer for a C 4 professorship at the University of Münster. Halfmann was visiting professor at the University of Bordeaux III from October 1999 to February 2000 . For 2015 he was awarded the Ausonius Prize for his achievements in the field of Roman history and digital humanities . In 2015 he retired. His successor at the University of Hamburg in Ancient History was Kaja Harter-Uibopuu .

Halfmann's work focuses on the history and epigraphy of Asia Minor in Roman times , the prosopography of the Roman ruling class and geographical information systems. In 2011, he presented a relevant biography of the triumvir Marcus Antonius .

Fonts

• The senators from the eastern part of the Imperium Romanum until the end of the 2nd century AD (= Hypomnemata . Issue 58). Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1979, ISBN 3-525-25154-8 .
• Itinera principum. History and typology of imperial journeys in the Roman Empire (= Heidelberg ancient historical contributions and epigraphic studies . Volume 2). Steiner, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-515-04551-1 .
• Town planning and builders in Roman Asia Minor. A comparison between Pergamon and Ephesus (= Istanbul communications. Supplement 43). Wasmuth, Tübingen 2001, ISBN 3-8030-1742-4 .
  • Isabelle Voss (translator): Ephèse et Pergame. Urbanisme et commanditaires en Asie Mineure romaine (= Scripta antiqua. Volume 11). Ausonius / de Boccard, Bordeaux / Paris / Pessac 2004, ISBN 2-910023-55-9 .
• Iudaea, not part of the Roman Oikumene ?. (= Labarum. Volume 7). Publikacje Instytutu Historii UAM, Poznan 2008, ISBN 978-83-89407-51-1 .
• Mark Antony. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-534-21727-4 ( review ).

literature

• Sabine Panzram , Werner Riess , Christoph Schäfer (eds.): People and places of antiquity. Festschrift for Helmut Halfmann on his 65th birthday (= Pharos. Studies on Greco-Roman Antiquity. Vol. 34). Leidorf, Rahden / Westphalia 2015, ISBN 978-3-86757-262-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Helmut Halfmann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Page from Halfmann at the University of Hamburg