Rainer Wiegels

Rainer Wiegels (born July 4, 1940 in Solingen ) is a German ancient historian .

Rainer Wiegels studied history, Latin, scientific politics, philosophy and Roman provincial archeology. In 1968 he passed the state examination for the teaching post at grammar schools in the subjects of history, Latin and scientific politics and was then scientific at the universities of Freiburg i. Br. , Bochum and Basel in the subjects of Ancient History and Provincial Roman Archeology. In 1971 he received his doctorate under Herbert Nesselhauf in ancient history at the University of Freiburg on the subject of the Roman senators and knights from the Hispanic provinces to Diocletian (prosopography and origin) . In 1976 his habilitation also took place in Freiburg with a thesis on the tribal inscriptions of Roman Hispania .

Wiegels taught from 1980 until his retirement in 2008 as a professor of ancient history at the University of Osnabrück . His academic students include Krešimir Matijević and Wolfgang Spickermann . In 2009 he was awarded the Ausonius Prize by the University of Trier . From April to September 2011 Wiegels was a fellow at the Max-Weber-Kolleg .

Wiegels is considered a specialist in the Varus Battle and a proven connoisseur of Latin inscriptions.

Fonts

Monographs

• The tribal inscriptions of Roman Hispania. A catalog (= Madrid Research. Vol. 13). de Gruyter, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-11-008310-8 .
• Lopodvnvm II. Inscriptions and cult monuments from the Roman Ladenburg am Neckar (= research and reports on prehistory and early history in Baden-Württemberg. Vol. 59). Theiss, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8062-1491-3 .
• with Krešimir Matijević : inscriptions and dedicatory monuments from the Roman Dieburg. Archaeological and Folklore Working Group Dieburg eV (AVA), Dieburg 2003, ISBN 3-9805719-8-X .
• Silver bars from the Roman Empire. Catalog and attempt at an interpretation (= Freiburg contributions to archeology and history of the first millennium. Vol. 7). Leidorf, Rahden / Westphalia 2003, ISBN 3-89646-767-0 .
• Small writings on the epigraphy and military history of the Germanic provinces. Edited by Krešimir Matijević and Wolfgang Spickermann . Steiner, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-515-09732-1 .
• Two stamped silver bars and the late antique gold bars from Transylvania. Akston, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-9816008-5-8 .
• Small writings on Germania politics in the Roman Empire (= Pharos. Studies on Greco-Roman antiquity. 29). Edited by Krešimir Matijević and Wolfgang Spickermann. Marie Leidorf, Rahden / Westf. 2016, ISBN 978-3-86757-257-6 .

Editorships

• with Winfried Woesler: Arminius and the Varus Battle. History, myth, literature. 3rd, updated and expanded edition. Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 1995, ISBN 3-506-79751-4 .
• with Wolfgang Schlueter : Rome, Germania and the Kalkriese excavations. International congress of the University of Osnabrück and the Landschaftsverband Osnabrücker Land eV from September 2nd to 5th, 1996 (= Osnabrück cultural region. 10 = Osnabrück research on antiquity and the reception of antiquity. 1). Universitäts-Verlag Rasch, Osnabrück 1999, ISBN 3-932147-25-1 .
• The found coins of Kalkriese and the early imperial coinage. Files of the scientific symposium in Kalkriese, 15. – 16. April 1999 (= Osnabrück research on antiquity and the reception of antiquity. 3). Bibliopolis, Möhnesee 2000, ISBN 3-933925-12-6 .
• with Winfried Woesler: Antiquity rediscovered. Aspects of the reception of antiquity in the 18th century with special consideration of the Osnabrück region. Colloquium Osnabrück, 16.-18. February 2000 (= Osnabrück research on antiquity and the reception of antiquity. 4). Bibliopolis, Möhnesee 2002, ISBN 3-933925-25-8 .
• with Wolfgang Spickermann: Celtic gods in the Roman Empire. Files from the 4th international workshop “Fontes Epigraphici Religionis Celticae Antiquae” (FERCAN.) From October 4-6, 2002 at the University of Osnabrück (= Osnabrück research on antiquity and the reception of antiquity. 9). Bibliopolis, Möhnesee 2005, ISBN 3-933925-69-X .
• with Gustav Adolf Lehmann : Roman presence and rule in Germania during the Augustan period. The Kalkriese site in the context of recent research and excavation findings. Contributions to the conference of the Ancient History Department of the University of Osnabrück and the “Imperium and Barbaricum” commission of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences in Osnabrück from June 10th to 12th, 2004 (= treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen. Philological-historical class. Episode 3, 279). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-525-82551-8 .
• The Varus Battle. Turning point in history? Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1760-5 .
• Winding paths. Modern paths to antiquity (= Osnabrück research on antiquity and the reception of antiquity. 16). Leidorf, Rahden / Westf. 2011, ISBN 978-3-89646-737-9 .
• with Günther Moosbauer : Fines imperii - imperium sine fine? Roman occupation and border policy in the early Principate. Contributions to the congress “Fines imperii - imperium sine fine?” In Osnabrück from September 14 to 18, 2009 (= Osnabrück research on antiquity and the reception of antiquity. 14). Leidorf, Rahden / Westf. 2011, ISBN 978-3-89646-735-5 .
• with Gustav Adolf Lehmann : "Over the Alps and over the Rhine ..." Contributions to the beginnings and the course of the Roman expansion into Central Europe. International colloquium “Over the Alps and over the Rhine ...” of the “Imperium and Barbaricum” commission from November 28th to 30th, 2012 (= treatises of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences. NF 37). de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 2015, ISBN 978-3-11-035447-8 .

literature

• Wolfgang Spickermann, Krešimir Matijević, Heinz Hermann Steenken (eds.): Rome, Germania and the Empire. Festschrift in honor of Rainer Wiegels on the occasion of his 65th birthday (= Pharos. Studies on Greco-Roman antiquity. 18). Scripta-Mercaturae, St. Katharinen 2005, ISBN 3-89590-159-8 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Rainer Wiegels in the catalog of the German National Library
• Rainer Wiegels on academia.edu