Ramsay MacMullen

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Ramsay MacMullen (born March 3, 1928 in New York ) is an American ancient historian .

MacMullen attended Phillips Exeter Academy (1942-46) and then studied at Harvard University (AB 1950; AM 1953; PhD 1957). From 1956 to 1961 he taught at the University of Oregon , first as an instructor, later as an assistant professor, and from 1961 to 1967 at Brandeis University as an associate professor or professor. From 1967 until his retirement in 1993 he taught as professor of ancient history at Yale University .

His two main fields of research are Roman social history and late antiquity . MacMullen also presented important studies on epigraphy . He coined the term epigraphic habit , which (usually untranslated) has found its way into international specialist terminology and denotes the respective habit of a society to put inscriptions in certain contexts.

Publications (selection)

  • Soldier and Civilian in the Later Roman Empire (1963)
  • Constantine (1970)
  • Roman Social Relations, 50 BC to AD 284 (1974)
  • Paganism in the Roman Empire (1984)
  • Christianizing the Roman Empire: AD 100-400 (1989)
  • Corruption and the Decline of Rome . (1988)
  • Christianity and Paganism in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries (1997)
  • Romanization in the Time of Augustus (2000)
  • Voting About God in Early Church Councils (2006)
  • The Second Church: Popular Christianity AD 200-400 (2009)

Web links

Remarks

  1. ^ Ramsay MacMullen: The Epigraphic Habit in the Roman Empire. In: American Journal of Philology 103, 1982, pp. 233-246.
personal data
SURNAME MacMullen, Ramsay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ancient historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City