Klaus S. Freyberger

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Klaus Stefan Freyberger (born October 31, 1948 in Fürth ) is a German classical archaeologist .

Klaus S. Freyberger completed his studies in 1982 with a master's degree, in 1985 he did his doctorate at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , the subject of the dissertation was city ​​Roman capitals from the time of Domitian to Alexander Severus. On the working method and organization of urban Roman workshops during the imperial era . From 1985 to 1990 Freyberger worked initially as a research assistant, then as a consultant at the Damascus branch of the German Archaeological Institute . In 1993 he completed his habilitation on The Early Imperial Shrines of the Caravan Stations in the Hellenized East. Evidence of a cultural conflict in the field of tension between two political formations at the University of Cologne . In 1994 Freyberger taught at the LMU Munich, after which he became head of the Damascus branch of the DAI. In addition, he was appointed adjunct professor at the University of Cologne in 1998. Until his retirement in 2013 he was the second director at the Rome Department of the German Archaeological Institute, his successor being Norbert Zimmermann .

Freyberger primarily conducts research on Greco-Roman architecture and art in Syria . Current research projects are the urban centers of the imperial era in southern Syria, especially Qanawat , imperial temple buildings in Hauran and Lebanon, as well as imperial tomb portraits in southern Syria.

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  • City Roman capitals from the time of Domitian to Alexander Severus. On the way of working and the organization of Roman workshops during the imperial era , von Zabern, Mainz 1990 ISBN 3-8053-1078-1
  • with Friederike Sinn : Museo Gregoriano Profano ex Lateranense <Città del Vaticano>. Catalog of the sculptures. Reichert, Wiesbaden 1986 (Monumenta artis Romanae, Vol. 24) ISBN 3-8053-1734-4
  • The early imperial sanctuaries of the caravan stations in the Hellenized East. Evidence of a cultural conflict in the field of tension between two political formations , von Zabern, Mainz 1998 (= Damaszener Forschungen . Vol. 6) ISBN 3-8053-2268-2
  • Cultural conflicts in the Middle East at the turn from Hellenism to the Roman Empire (ed.), Leidorf, Rahden 2003 (= Orient-Archäologie. Vol. 11) ISBN 3-89646-641-0
  • The Roman Forum. Mirror of the city history of ancient Rome. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2009.
  • Ostia. Facets of life in a Roman port city . Nünnerich-Asmus Verlag, Mainz 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-05-5 .

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SURNAME Freyberger, Klaus S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Freyberger, Klaus Stefan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Fuerth