Julius Jung

This article describes the Austrian ancient historian Julius Jung . For the German doctor and SS-Hauptsturmführer see Julius Jung (Mediziner) .

Julius Jung (born September 11, 1851 in Imst , Tyrol , † June 21, 1910 in Prague ) was an Austrian ancient historian .

Life

Julius Jung, the son of the civil servant Valentin Jung and the merchant's daughter Juliane geb. Knoll, grew up in various cities in Transylvania to which his father was transferred between 1854 and 1861. In 1861 his father returned to Tyrol as a result of the political developments in the newly created Principality of Romania , and Julius Jung from then on attended high school in Innsbruck. After graduation (1869), he studied history and geography at the University of Innsbruck . His academic teacher there, Julius Ficker , encouraged him to study medieval history and to research documents. After the teaching examination in February 1873 and the doctorate to Dr. phil. on March 29 of the same year he received a state scholarship, which enabled him to continue and deepen his studies. On Ficker's advice, he went to the University of Göttingen and attended lectures there on ancient and medieval history (mainly with Georg Waitz and Curt Wachsmuth ). In April 1874 he moved to Berlin University for two semesters , where Theodor Mommsen steered him from medieval history to researching Roman and Italian history.

During his academic years in Göttingen and Berlin, Jung wrote his first scientific publications, with which he completed his habilitation in “general history” at the University of Innsbruck in 1875 . His first lectures were on Greek, Roman and medieval history. As early as 1877, at the age of 26, Jung was appointed Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Prague , where he worked until the end of his life. In 1884 he was appointed full professor. In 1886/1887 he served as dean of the philosophy faculty.

Jung's research spanned numerous epochs and topics from ancient times to the 19th century. Special research focuses were the historical geography, the ethnogenesis of the Romanesque peoples, the administrative history of the Roman province of Dacia and the cultural history of antiquity. Jung received many awards for his services: He was a corresponding honorary member of the Romanian Academy (from 1879), the Society for Transylvanian Cultural Studies in Sibiu and the Historical-Archaeological Society in Deva (Romania) , a full member of the Society for the Promotion of German Science, Art and Literature in Bohemia (from 1899) and a corresponding member of the Austrian Archaeological Institute (from 1900) and the Academy of Sciences in Vienna (from 1901).

Fonts (selection)

• Romans and Romans in the Danube Countries . Innsbruck 1877. Second edition 1887. Reprint Aalen 1969
• The Romanesque Landscapes of the Roman Empire . Innsbruck 1881. Reprinted Aalen 1969
• Life and manners of the Romans in the imperial era . Two volumes, Prague 1883–1884
• Geography of Italy and the Roman provinces (= Handbook of Ancient Studies 3.3). Munich 1888
  • Revised: Outline of the geography of Italy and the Orbis Romanus . Munich 1897
• Fasting of the province of Dacien with contributions to the Roman administrative history . Innsbruck 1894
• Italy and the Roman world domination . Leipzig / Vienna 1900
• Julius Ficker (1826-1902). A contribution to the history of German scholars . Innsbruck 1907

literature

• Heinrich Swoboda : Julius Jung . In: Annual report on the progress of classical antiquity . Volume 40, 1911, Volume 155 (1911). Nekrologe = biographical yearbook for archeology . 34th year, 1911, pp. 171–185 (with list of publications)
• Young, Julius. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 148.

Web links

Wikisource: Julius Jung  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by Julius Jung in the catalog of the German National Library