Waldemar Heckel

Waldemar Heckel (* 1949 in Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld ) is a Canadian ancient historian .

Heckel completed his master's degree in 1973 and received his doctorate from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 1978 . His dissertation on the "marshals" of Alexander the Great also formed the basis for his 1992 work on this topic. Heckel is internationally recognized as an Alexander researcher and has published numerous publications on this, some of which are fundamental. His research also focuses on ancient Greek historiography and ancient military history .

Heckel taught as Professor of Ancient History at the University of Calgary until his retirement in late 2013 .

Fonts (selection)

• In the Path of Conquest. Resistance to Alexander the Great. Oxford 2020.
• (Ed., With Lawrence A. Tritle): Alexander the Great. A New History. Oxford et al. 2009.
• The Conquests of Alexander the Great . Cambridge 2007.
• Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great. Prosopography of Alexander's Empire . Oxford et al. 2006.
• (Ed., With John C. Yardley): Alexander the Great. Historical Sources in Translation. Oxford et al. 2003.
• Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus, Volume I. Books 11-12: Alexander the Great . Translated by JC Yardley, commentary by Waldemar Heckel. Oxford 1997.
• The Marshals of Alexander's Empire . London / New York 1992.
• Quintus Curtius Rufus: The History of Alexander . Translated by JC Yardley, with introduction, appendix and commentary by Waldemar Heckel. London 1984; corrected edition 2001 (several reprints).

Web links

• Homepage at the University of Calgary