Michael Alexander Speidel

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Michael Alexander Speidel (born June 5, 1963 in Göppingen ) is a Swiss ancient historian .

Speidel studied ancient history , epigraphy , papyrology , Egyptology and general history at the universities of Zurich , Heidelberg and Oxford . In 1990 he received his doctorate from the University of Zurich with the Egyptological dissertation The Hairdressers of the Egyptian Old Empire . In 1994 he completed his habilitation at the University of Bern . He taught at the Universities of Lausanne , Bern and Cologne . In 2002 he was awarded an SNSF professorship. He was a board member of the Working Group on the Roman Provincial Study of Switzerland , a member of the advisory board of the Orbis Provinciarum series and is currently a member of the advisory board of the Journal of Ancient Military History and the Revue des Etudes Militaires Anciennes and other academic series. He represented Christian Marek as Professor of Ancient History at the University of Zurich in the fall semester of 2012 and the spring semester of 2013 . He runs the private institute for ancient military history MAVORS in Basel. His uncle is the ancient historian Michael P. Speidel .

Fonts (selection)

  • The Hairdressers of the Ancient Egyptian Empire: A Historical-Prosopographical Investigation of Office and Title (jr-šn). Hartung-Gorre, Konstanz 1990. ISBN 3-89191-343-5 (= dissertation)
  • The Roman writing tablets of Vindonissa. Gesellschaft Pro Vindonissa, Brugg 1996. ISBN 3-907549-00-7 (= habilitation thesis).
  • (Ed.): Military diplomas. The research contributions to the Bern Talks in 2004. Steiner, Stuttgart 2007. ISBN 978-3-515-09144-2 .
  • Army and rule in the Roman Empire of the High Imperial Era. Steiner, Stuttgart 2009. ISBN 978-3-515-09364-4 .

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personal data
SURNAME Speidel, Michael Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Speidel, Michael A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ancient historian
DATE OF BIRTH 5th June 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Goeppingen