Rolf Rilinger
Rolf Rilinger (born April 21, 1942 in Posen ; † August 31, 2003 in Steinhagen ) was a German ancient historian .
Rolf Rilinger received his doctorate in 1972 from the University of Cologne with a dissertation on the subject of the influence of the election officer in the Roman consul elections from 366 to 50 BC. In 1980 the habilitation followed in the same place with the text Humiliores - honestiores. A social dichotomy in the criminal law of the Roman Empire . He taught as a professor at Bielefeld University from 1981 until a stroke ended his work in research and teaching in 1993. He died in 2003 at the age of 61. He was married to the historian Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger and the couple has two sons.
Rilinger was particularly concerned with the social and constitutional requirements for the success of the Roman Empire . In doing so, he repeatedly incorporated the methods and findings of modern social science into his research.
Fonts
- The influence of the election officer in the Roman consul elections from 366 to 50 BC Chr. , Beck, Munich 1976 ( Vestigia , Vol. 24) ISBN 3-406-04794-7 .
- Humiliores - honestiores. On a social dichotomy in criminal law of the Roman Empire , Oldenbourg, Stuttgart 1988 ISBN 3-486-54801-8 .
- Lust for history: life in ancient Rome. A reading book , Piper, Munich / Zurich 1989 ISBN 3-492-11005-3 .
- Pleasure in history: life in ancient Greece. A reading book , Piper, Munich / Zurich 1990 ISBN 3-492-10850-4 .
- Ordo and dignitas. Contributions to Roman constitutional and social history (Eds. Tassilo Schmitt and Aloys Winterling ), Steiner, Stuttgart 2007 ISBN 3-515-08609-9 , review (PDF; 112 kB) by Uwe Walter in Sehepunkte
literature
- Tassilo Schmitt : Obituary for Rolf Rilinger. In: Bielefelder Universitätszeitung 215, 2003, pp. 72–73.
- Tassilo Schmitt (ed.): Present antiquity - antiquity present. Colloquium on the 60th birthday of Rolf Rilinger , Oldenbourg, Munich 2005 ISBN 3-486-56754-3 .
- Entry Rolf Rilinger In: Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie Vol. 8, pp. 420f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Rolf Rilinger in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rilinger, Rolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ancient historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poses |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 2003 |
| Place of death | Steinhagen |