Manfred Clauss

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Manfred Clauss

Manfred Clauss (born August 16, 1945 in Cologne ) is a German ancient historian .

From 1965 to 1970 Manfred Clauss studied Catholic theology , history and philosophy at the universities of Cologne , Bonn and Marburg . In 1970 he passed the first state examination in philology in Catholic theology and history and became a research assistant at the University of Bonn and administrator of the position of a research assistant at the Ruhr University in Bochum . 1973 received his doctorate in ancient history with Géza Alföldy . In 1975 Clauss moved to the Free University of Berlin as a research assistant . In 1976 he received another doctorate in Catholic theology (church history) in Bonn. In 1978, Clauss became an assistant professor and completed his habilitation in ancient history in 1979.

In 1980 he was appointed professor to the chair (C 3) for Ancient History at the University of Siegen . From 1984 he was full professor (C 4) for ancient history at the Catholic University of Eichstätt , from 1987 finally university professor (C 4) for ancient history at the Free University of Berlin, since 1993 at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. Clauss was on leave from 2005 to 2008 and no longer worked in academic teaching. He retired on October 1, 2008.

Manfred Clauss' research interests are Latin epigraphy , the history of religion , the history of ancient Israel , the history of the Roman Empire and the systematic social history of antiquity . He is editor of the series Gestalten der Antike at the Scientific Book Society . With the epigraphic database Clauss-Slaby he maintains an important online database on ancient epigraphy .

His son Martin Clauss (* 1973) is a medieval historian.

Fonts (selection)

  • Investigations into the principales of the Roman army from Augustus to Diocletian. Cornicularii, speculatores, frumentarii. Bochum 1973 (also phil. Diss. University of Bochum, 1973).
  • The relations of the Vatican to Poland during the Second World War (= Bonn contributions to church history , vol. 11). Böhlau, Cologne and others 1979, ISBN 3-412-04678-7 (at the same time: Bonn, Universität, theological dissertation, 1976).
  • Sparta. An introduction to its history and civilization (= Beck's elementary books ). CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09476-7 .
  • Mithras. Cult and mysteries. CH Beck, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-406-34325-2 (In English: The Roman Cult of Mithras. The God and His Mysteries. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 2000, ISBN 0-7486-1396-X ).
  • Introduction to ancient history (= CH Beck study ). CH Beck, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-406-37329-1 . In Italian: Introduzione alla storia antica (= Piccola biblioteca Einaudi , NS, vol. 170, Storia e geografia ). Einaudi, Turin 2002, ISBN 88-06-16083-4 .
  • Cleopatra (= Beck series 2009, CH Beck Wissen ). CH Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-406-39009-9 . In Spanish: Cleopatra (= Flashback 4). Acento, Madrid 2001, ISBN 84-483-0556-6 ; in Italian: Cleopatra. Carocci, Rome 2002, ISBN 88-430-2340-3 .
  • Constantine the Great and His Time (= Beck'sche Reihe , 2042, CH Beck Wissen ). CH Beck, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-406-41042-1 . In Spanish: Constantino el Grande y su época. Acento, Madrid 2001, ISBN 84-483-0611-2 ; in Czech: Konstantin Veliký. Římský císař mezi pohanstvím a křest'anstvím (= Velké postavy světových dějin , vol. 3). Vyšehrad, Prague 2005, ISBN 80-7021-734-0 ; in Italian: Costantino e il suo tempo (= Universale Paperbacks Il Mulino , 647). Il Mulino, Bologna 2013, ISBN 978-88-15-24461-1 .
  • as editor: The Roman Emperors. 55 historical portraits from Caesar to Justinian. CH Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-42727-8 . In Romanian: Împăraţi romani. 55 de portrete de la Caesar la Iustinian. Editura Enciclopedică, Bucharest 2001, ISBN 973-45-0370-7 .
  • Ancient Israel. History, society, culture (= Beck'sche Reihe , 2073, CH Beck Wissen ). CH Beck, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-406-44573-X . In Spanish: Antiguo Israel. Historia, sociedad, cultura (= Flashback , 8). Acento, Madrid 2001, ISBN 84-483-0584-1 ; in Italian: Israele nell'età antica (= Universale Paperbacks Il Mulino , 448). Il Mulino, Bologna 2003, ISBN 88-15-09304-4 .
  • Emperor and God. Cult of rulers in the Roman Empire. Teubner, Stuttgart etc. 1999, ISBN 3-519-07444-3 .
  • Lexicon of Latin military terms (= writings of the Limes Museum Aalen , 52). Theiss, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-8062-1441-7 .
  • Ancient Egypt. Alexander Fest Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-8286-0141-3 . In Italian: L'antico Egitto. Dagli albori della civiltà egizinana alla formazione del primo Impero, il Nuovo Regno e la grande regina Cleopatra (= I volti della storia , 130). Newton e Compton, Rome 2002, ISBN 88-8289-760-5 .
  • Alexandria. Fate of an ancient cosmopolitan city. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-608-94329-3 .
  • as editor with Franck Goddio : Egypt's Sunken Treasures. Photographs by Christoph Gerigk. Prestel, Munich etc. 2006, ISBN 3-7913-3544-8 .
  • History of ancient Israel (= Oldenbourg floor plan of history , Bd. 37). Oldenbourg, Munich 2009 ISBN 978-3-486-55927-9 .
  • Great figures of antiquity. Rowohlt Berlin, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-87134-673-6 .
  • Ramses the Great (= figures of antiquity ). Primus-Verlag, Darmstadt 2010, ISBN 978-3-89678-676-0 (In Italian: Ramesse il Grande (= Profili , NS, vol. 53). Salerno, Rome 2011, ISBN 978-88-8402-722- 1 ).
  • A New God for the Old World: The History of Early Christianity. Rowohlt Berlin, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-87134-794-8 .

literature

  • Ernst Baltrusch : History of Ancient History at the Free University. In: Karol Kubicki, Siegward Lönnendonker (ed.): The historical sciences at the Free University of Berlin (= contributions to the history of science of the Free University of Berlin. Vol. 2). V & R unipress, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89971-475-3 , pp. 11-40, here pp. 20, 32.

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personal data
SURNAME Clauss, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ancient historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne