Richard Klein (historian)

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Richard Klein (born December 11, 1934 in Fürth , Bavaria , † November 20, 2006 ) was a German ancient historian .

After graduating from high school at the humanistic new high school in Nuremberg , Klein studied Latin, Greek, history and archeology in Erlangen and Munich . In 1958 he passed the scientific state examination in Erlangen and remained in high school until his retirement in 1998. Since 1970 he has also been a lecturer at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and completed his habilitation in 1977 on Constantius II and the Christian Church . Klein had been a private lecturer since 1978 and from 1983 to 2006 he was an adjunct professor.

Klein dealt with the whole of antiquity , but the main area of ​​work was early Christianity and late antiquity in general . Among other things, Klein gave a volume with texts on the dispute over the Victoria Altar and on Aelius Aristides ' speech in Rome , an anthology each with essays on the Roman emperors Julian and Mark Aurel , two volumes on early Christianity and a treatise on the ecclesiastical policy of Emperor Constantius II . out.

He was generally regarded as one of the best experts in the field of early Christianity, the magazine was co-editor since 1994 high school and created reviews, among other things Plekos: P eriodicum On l ine for E rforschung the co mmunikationsstrukturen in the S pätantike.

Publications (a selection)

  • Symmachus. A tragic figure of outgoing paganism ( Impulse from Research 2), Darmstadt 1971, 2nd edition 1986.
  • The dispute over the Victoria Altar. The third relatio of Symmachus and the letters 17, 18 and 57 of Bishop Ambrose of Milan. Introduction, text and explanations ( Texts on Research 7), Darmstadt 1972.
  • Constantius II and the Christian Church ( Impulses from Research 26), Darmstadt 1977. (also habilitation thesis)
  • Julian Apostata (= ways of research 509), Darmstadt 1978 (as publisher).
  • Marc Aurel ( Paths of Research 550), Darmstadt 1979 (as ed.).
  • Early Christianity to the end of the persecutions. A documentation. Vol. 1: The state. Vol. 2: The Society , Greek / Latin. - German, with Peter Guyot, Darmstadt 1993 and 1995 (as a special edition as early as 1977).
  • Roma versa per aevum. Selected writings on pagan and Christian late antiquity ( Spudasmata 74), edited by Raban von Haehling and Klaus Scherberich , Hildesheim, Zurich, New York 1999, review by Plekos .

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personal data
SURNAME Little Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ancient historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Fuerth
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 2006