Kurt Tomaschitz

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Kurt Tomaschitz (born September 1, 1961 in Villach ; † May 17, 2008 in Vienna ) was an Austrian ancient historian and epigraphist .

After graduating from high school in 1979, he has been studying ancient history and classical archeology at the University of Vienna since 1980 . In 1986 he received his master's degree with a thesis on the Augustan campaigns in the Danube region . In 1989 he studied with Peter Herrmann in Hamburg . From 1989 to 1993 he worked on the Asia Minor Commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences on inscriptions from Western Cilicia . From 1993 he worked at the Institute for Ancient History, Classical Studies and Epigraphy at the University of Vienna, first as a university assistant, then as an assistant professor. On July 4, 1994 he received his doctorate from Gerhard Dobesch with a dissertation The migrations of the Celts in ancient literary tradition .

Publications

  • Unpublished inscriptions from West Kilica from the estate of Terence B. Mitford . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-7001-2733-2 .
  • with Stefan Hagel: Repertory of the Western Kilik inscriptions. According to the schedules of the Asia Minor Commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-7001-2734-0 .
  • The migrations of the Celts in ancient literary tradition . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3027-9 .

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SURNAME Tomaschitz, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ancient historian and epigraphist
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Villach
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 2008
Place of death Vienna