Thomas Pekáry

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Thomas Pekáry (born September 13, 1929 in Budapest , † February 22, 2010 in Münster in Westphalia ) was a German ancient historian of Hungarian origin.

Thomas Pekáry studied ancient history, archeology and numismatics at the University of Budapest from 1947 to 1952 . His focus was on the history and archeology of the Roman provinces. He became interested in ancient numismatics while still a student. After completing his studies, he worked in the Budapest museums of Keszthely and Aquincum between 1952 and 1956 . In 1956, as a result of the Hungarian popular uprising , he emigrated to Switzerland and began a doctorate at the University of Bern , which he completed in 1959 with a dissertation on Roman monetary and financial history from 161 to 235. The depiction was published in a greatly abbreviated form in the magazine Historia in 1969 . In Switzerland he wrote a research report on the studies on the Imperial Crisis of the 3rd century .

From 1961 to 1964, Pekáry worked as an assistant at the University of Bern and carried out numerous research trips on which he collected material for his writing studies on the Roman imperial roads . With this thesis he completed his habilitation in 1965 at Kiel University , where he worked as a lecturer and from 1970 as a professor. In 1971, Pekáry accepted a call from the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster to the chair of ancient history. Here he taught and researched as director of the Department of Ancient History and the Institute of Epigraphy until his retirement in 1994. He was also dean, vice dean and member of the faculty council.

Pekáry's research focus was Roman economic history , on which he presented numerous monographs and essays. His presentation The economy of Greco-Roman antiquity has appeared in the second edition after three years and is also presented in Italian. The study is still considered a widely used textbook to this day. Another focus of my work was Roman art, especially sculpture. To this end, published with The Roman Emperor Portrait in State, Cult and Society. Presented using the written sources and Imago res mortua est two comprehensive monographs. Hans-Joachim Drexhage is one of his students .

Publications

  • Investigations on the Roman imperial roads (= Antiquitas . Series 1: Treatises on ancient history. 17). Habelt, Bonn 1968.
  • The economy of Greco-Roman antiquity (= Scientific Paperbacks. Social and Economic History. 9). Steiner, Wiesbaden 1976, ISBN 3-515-02154-X (2nd edition, ibid 1979).
  • The Roman Emperor's Image in State, Cult and Society. Represented on the basis of the written tradition (= The Roman image of the ruler. Dept. 3, Vol. 5). Mann, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-7861-1385-8 .

literature

  • Géza Alföldy : Thomas Pekáry †. In: Gnomon . Vol. 83, No. 6, 2011, pp. 572-573, JSTOR 23033812 .
  • Hans-Joachim Drexhage , Julia Sünskes (eds.): Migratio et commvtatio. Studies on ancient history and its afterlife. Thomas Pekáry for his 60th birthday on September 13, 1989, offered by friends, colleagues and students. Scripta Mercaturae, St. Katharinen 1989, ISBN 3-922661-71-8 .

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Remarks

  1. ↑ September 1st is the birthday of Géza Alföldy: Thomas Pekáry † . In: Gnomon Vol. 83 (2011), pp. 572-573, here: p. 572.
personal data
SURNAME Pekáry, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ancient historian of Hungarian origin
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 2010
Place of death Muenster