Michael P. Speidel

Michael Paul Speidel (born May 25, 1937 in Pforzheim ) is an American ancient historian of German origin.

Speidel studied Ancient History at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau and was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD . He then went to the United States as a lecturer in Ancient History. At the University of Hawaii at Mānoa he received a permanent position in 1970 as an associate professor . He was later appointed full professor .

His main research interests include Roman military history, especially during the late republic and the imperial era . He wrote most of his writings in English.

The ancient historian Michael Alexander Speidel is his nephew.

Fonts

• The Equites singulares Augusti . Bonn 1965 (= dissertation Freiburg 1962)
• Roman Army Studies . Two volumes. Amsterdam 1982-1992.
• The monuments of the Kaiserreiter: Equites singulares Augusti . Bonn 1994
• Riding for Caesar: The Roman Emperors' Horse Guards . Boston 1994. ISBN 978-0674768970 . Boston 1997 paperback edition. ISBN 978-0674768987
• Ancient Germanic Warriors: Warrior Styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic Sagas . New York 2004. ISBN 978-0415311991
• Emperor Hadrian's speeches to the African Army: A New Text . Mainz 2007. ISBN 978-3795419844

literature

• Vade Mecum of History , 4th Edition (2000), p. 574.

Web links

• Literature by and about Michael P. Speidel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
• academia.edu