Klaus Bringmann

Klaus Karlwilli Bringmann (born May 28, 1936 in Bad Wildungen ; † July 14, 2021 ) was a German ancient historian .

Life and accomplishments

Bringmann studied history , classical philology and philosophy at the Universities of Marburg and Munich from 1956 to 1962 . His teacher in Marburg was Fritz Taeger . After Taeger's death in August 1960, Bringmann completed his dissertation under the direction of Karl Christ . He received his doctorate in 1962 at the University of Marburg and completed his habilitation in 1969 at the University of Marburg with studies on the late Cicero . Since 1971 Bringmann has taught Classical Philology at the Philipps University of Marburg and since 1973 Ancient Historyat the Technical University of Darmstadt .

From 1981 until his retirement in 2000 he taught as professor for ancient history at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt .

In 1987/88 and 1993/94 he was visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton . Bringmann had been a member of the German Archaeological Institute since 1988 .

Bringmann's research focuses on Roman history from the Republic to late antiquity , the history of Hellenism , Jewish history in the Hellenistic and Roman times and the history of Christianity in the Roman Empire. In addition, he led the project “Donations from Hellenistic rulers to Greek cities and shrines” together with Professor of Classical Archeology Hans von Steuben . Later he was one of the directors of the interdisciplinary research college "Knowledge Culture and Social Change".

He was married from 1965 and had three sons.

Fonts

List of writings in: Klaus Bringmann: Selected writings (= Frankfurt ancient historical contributions. Vol. 6). Edited by Jörn Kobes , Peter Scholz . Clauss, Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 3-934040-03-9 , pp. 379-383.

• Roman history. From the beginnings to late antiquity (= CH Beck Wissen . 2012). CH Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-406-39377-2 (10th, revised edition. Ibid 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-44812-6 ).
  • Italian edition: Storia romana. Dalle origini alla tarda antichità (= Universale paperbacks Il Mulino. 339). Il Mulino, Bologna 1998, ISBN 88-15-06647-0 .

Selected writings (= Frankfurt ancient historical contributions. Vol. 6). Edited by Jörn Kobes, Peter Scholz. Clauss, Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 3-934040-03-9 .

• History of the Roman Republic. From the beginning to Augustus. CH Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-49292-4 ( review by Manfred Clauss ).
  • English edition: A History of the Roman Republic. Polity Press, Cambridge et al. 2007, ISBN 978-0-7456-3371-8 .
• with Thomas Schäfer : Augustus and the establishment of the Roman Empire (= study books History and Culture of the Old World ). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-05-003054-2 .
• Crisis and end of the Roman Republic (133–42 BC) (= study books History and Culture of the Old World ). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-05-003450-5 .
• Emperor Julian. (The last pagan ruler) (= figures of antiquity ). Primus-Verlag, Darmstadt 2004, ISBN 3-89678-516-8 .
  • Spanish edition: Juliano. Herder Editorial, Barcelona 2006, ISBN 84-254-2427-5 .
• History of the Jews in Antiquity. From the Babylonian exile to the Arab conquest. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-608-94138-X .
• Augustus (= figures of antiquity ). Primus-Verlag, Darmstadt 2007, ISBN 978-3-89678-605-0 .
  • Spanish edition: Augusto , Herder Editorial: Barcelona 2008, ISBN 978-84-254-2533-2 .
• as editor with Dirk Wiegandt: Augustus. Writings, speeches and sayings (= texts on research. Vol. 91). Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-534-19028-7 .
• Cicero (= figures of antiquity ). Primus-Verlag, Darmstadt 2010, ISBN 978-3-89678-677-7 .
• In the shadow of the palaces. History of Early Greece. Beck, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-406-69716-6 .
• The people govern themselves. A history of democracy . wbg Theiss, Darmstadt 2019, ISBN 978-3-8062-3872-3 .

literature

• Inge Auerbach: Catalogus professorum academiae Marburgensis. = The academic teachers at the Philipps University of Marburg. Volume 2: From 1910 to 1971 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 15). Elwert, Marburg 1979, ISBN 3-7708-0580-1 , pp. 476-477.

Web links

• Literature by and about Klaus Bringmann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Klaus Bringmann in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Page from Bringmann at the University of Frankfurt am Main

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Uwe Walter, Sense for the Essentials - On the Death of Klaus Bringmann , In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from July 19, 2021