Rudolf Fellmann

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Rudolf Fellmann (born September 20, 1925 in Basel ; † August 28, 2013 ) was a Swiss provincial Roman archaeologist .

After attending the humanistic grammar school in Basel, Rudolf Fellmann studied classical philology and history at the University of Basel from 1944 to 1950 . In 1955 he received his doctorate there with the dissertation Basel in Roman times . Two years later he contributed a work on the tomb of the colony founder Lucius Munatius Plancus for the 2000th anniversary of Colonia Raurica . After graduating, he taught ancient languages and history at the Kohlenberg-Gymnasium Basel for several years . Fellmann completed his habilitation in 1975 at the University of Freiburg and in 1977 at the University of Bern Associate Professor of Roman Provincial Archeology. In 1990 he retired . Outside Switzerland, he took part in excavations at the Baalschamin shrine in Palmyra from 1954 to 1956 . In two publications he presented the early grave complex and the lamps and stucco work of the complex. From the founding in 1970 to 1995 he was an editor , after which he was a member of the scientific advisory board of the magazine Antike Welt for several years . Fellmann died on August 28, 2013 as a result of a serious illness.

In his research, Fellmann stood between provincial Roman and classical archeology . He dealt in particular with the Roman remains in Switzerland and with military history . His book The Romans in Switzerland (1988), written with Walter Drack , is considered a standard work. Fellmann was a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute .

Fonts (selection)

  • Basel in Roman times , Birkhäuser, Basel 1955, DNB 57191554X (= monographs on the prehistory and early history of Switzerland. Volume 10; also dissertation at the University of Basel ).
  • Switzerland in Roman times. Exhibition to celebrate the foundation of Colonia Raurica 2000 years ago , Historisches Museum Basel, Basel 1957. 2nd expanded edition Historisches Museum Basel , Basel 1957
  • The grave of Lucius Munatius Plancus near Gaëta. Published to celebrate the establishment of Colonia Raurica , Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory of Switzerland, Basel 1957 (publications of the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory of Switzerland, Volume 11)
  • The principia of the Vindonissa legionary camp and the central building of the Roman camps and forts. Vindonissa Museum, Brugg 1958.
  • The prehistoric hilltop settlement on the Crep da Caslac ob Vicosoprano in Bergell , Rätisches Museum Chur, Chur 1974 (series of publications by the Rätisches Museum Chur, issue 18)
  • Principia - staff building , Limesmuseum Aalen and Württembergisches Landesmuseum , Aalen / Stuttgart 1980 (Small writings on the knowledge of the Roman occupation history of Southwest Germany, number 31)
  • The Roman Basel , Christoph-Merian-Verlag, Basel 1981, ISBN 3-85616-012-4 (Guide to the Basel Historical Museum, issue 2)
  • La Suisse gallo-romaine. Cinq siècles d'histoire. Payot, Lausanne 1992, ISBN 2-601-03085-2
  • Editor: Hunting and Gathering. Festschrift for Hans-Georg Bandi on his 65th birthday , Stämpfli, Bern 1985, ISBN 3-7272-9323-3 ( yearbook of the Bernisches Historisches Museum , year 63/64. 1983/84)
  • with Walter Drack: The Romans in Switzerland , Theiss / Raggi-Verlag, Stuttgart / Jona 1988, ISBN 3-8062-0420-9
  • with Walter Drack: Switzerland in Roman times. Guide to the monuments , Artemis and Winkler, Zurich / Munich 1991, ISBN 3-7608-1045-4
  • Small Roman finds made of wood from the Vindonissa legionary camp , Gesellschaft pro Vindonissa, Brugg 2009, ISBN 978-3-9523105-3-3 (Publications of the Pro Vindonissa Society in Brugg, Volume 20)

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SURNAME Fellmann, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Provincial Roman Archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 2013