Krister Hanell

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Krister Hanell (born August 8, 1904 in Husie , † January 7, 1970 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish ancient historian .

Life

Krister Hanell, the son of the pastor Per Justus Hanell and Ellen Hilda Charlotta, geb. Ahlström, studied history and classical archeology at Lund University , where he was particularly influenced by the religious scholar Martin Persson Nilsson . Under his leadership, Hanell wrote his doctoral thesis on the history of Megara after graduating in 1931 , with which he was awarded a Dr. phil. received his doctorate . He then taught until 1944 as a lecturer in Classical Archeology and Ancient History at Lund University. In 1944 he switched to school and taught at high schools in Hässleholm , Vaasa and Gothenburg (from 1946), where he also taught at the local university from 1947 . In 1957 he accepted a professorship at Lund University and worked there until his death as a professor of classical archeology and ancient history. He was an elected member of the Royal Society of Humanistic Science in Lund (from 1949) and of the Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Academies (from 1960). Hanell died in Stockholm in 1970 after giving a lecture on "Emperor Augustus " there on January 3rd .

Hanell's research focus was initially the ancient history of religion, in particular the cults of the various Greek poles . In addition to his dissertation, he wrote several essays and articles for Paulys Realenzyklopädie der Classical Antiquities (RE). Later he dealt more and more with Roman history, in particular with the offices and the chronology of the republic up to the transition to the imperial era . In his book The Ancient Roman Eponymous Office , he hypothesized that the year 509 BC BC did not mark the end of royal rule, but only the inauguration of the Capitoline Temple and the introduction of a lunisolar calendar in Rome. The period from 509 to the rule of the decemviri should therefore not be regarded as the beginning of the republic, but as the last phase of the royal era . As an eponymous official of this time, he did not appoint the consuls , but the praetor maximus ; accordingly, every second name in the list of Roman consuls would be interpolated. Hanell's views and conclusions met with strong opposition in the professional world.

Fonts (selection)

  • The Menologium of the Liber Glossarum . Lund 1932.
  • Megarian studies . Lund 1934.
  • The ancient Roman eponymous office . Lund 1946.

literature

  • Christian Callmer: The Published Writings of Krister Hanell. A Bibliography . In: Opuscula Romana . Volume 7 (1969), pp. 285-289 (list of publications).
  • Paul Åström : Krister Hanell . In: Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund . Årsbok 1970, pp. 162-167 (with portrait).
  • Einar Gjerstad : Krister Hanell . In: Kungliga Vitterhets historie och antikvitets akademiens . Årsbok 1971, pp. 70-78.
  • Einar Gjerstad: Krister Hanell . In: Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundets i Lund Årsberättelse. Born 1970–1971, pp. 19–27.
  • Erik J. Holmberg : Krister Hanell . In: Minnestal i Göteborgs kungl. vetenskaps- och vitterhets-samhälle . Born 1971, pp. 39–44.
  • Christian Callmer: Klassiska arkeologer från Lund. Fyra korta biography . In: Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund . Årsbok 1985, pp. 5-23.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Åström (1970), p. 163 gives the place of death Stockholm. In the list of members Scripta minora Regiae Societatis humaniorum litterarum Lundensis . Lund 1971, p. 71 incorrectly says Lund.
  2. ^ Krister Hanell: Emperor Augustus . In: Gymnasium . Volume 78 (1971), pp. 188-200.
  3. ↑ Compare Hermann Bengtson : Outline of Roman History with Source Studies. Republic and Imperial Era up to AD 284 (= Handbuch der Altertumswwissenschaft . Volume 3.5) 3rd, reviewed and expanded edition, CH Beck, Munich 1982, ISBN 978-3-406-08617-5 , p. 47 f.
personal data
SURNAME Hanell, Krister
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ancient historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Husie
DATE OF DEATH 7th January 1970
Place of death Stockholm