Wolfgang Will

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Wolfgang Will (born December 15, 1948 in Bamberg ) is a German ancient historian .

Wolfgang Will received his doctorate in 1979 at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg with the thesis Athens and Alexander. Studies on the history of the city from 338–322 BC Chr. He has taught since 1982 as Senior Researcher at the Department of Ancient History at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn . His habilitation took place in 2001, after which he taught as a private lecturer . For the New Pauly , Wolfgang Will contributed a large number of prosopographic articles on Roman history.

At the completion of his 65th year of life he was honored with a festschrift.

Fonts

  • Alexander the Great. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-17-008939-0 .
  • as editor: To Alexander d. Size Festschrift G. Wirth for his 60th birthday on December 9, 86 . Vol. 1-2. Hakkert, Amsterdam 1987–1988, ISBN 90-256-0933-3
  • The Roman mob. Social Conflicts in the Late Republic. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1991 (WB-Forum 62), ISBN 3-534-80129-6
  • Julius Caesar. A balance sheet. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-17-009978-7 .
  • Pericles. Rowohlt, Reinbek, 1995 (Rowohlt's Monographs 474) ISBN 3-499-50474-X .
  • as editor: Alexander the Great - a world conquest and its background. Lectures at the International Alexander Colloquium in Bonn, December 19-21, 1996. ( Antiquitas , Series 1, Treatises on Ancient History, Volume 46). Habelt, Bonn 1998, ISBN 3-7749-2866-5 .
  • Thucydides and Pericles. The historian and his hero. ( Antiquitas , Series 1, Treatises on Ancient History, Volume 51). Habelt, Bonn 2003, ISBN 3-7749-3149-6 .
  • The fall of Melos. Habelt, Bonn 2006, ISBN 3-7749-3441-X .
  • Veni, vidi, vici. Caesar and the art of self-expression. (Story told, volume 11). Scientific Book Society / Primus, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-89678-333-2 .
  • Caesar . WBG, Darmstadt 2009, ISBN 978-3-89678-671-5 .
  • Demosthenes . Primus Verlag, Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-86312-373-4 .
  • Herodotus and Thucydides . CH Beck, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-406-68217-9 .
  • The Persian Wars. 2nd updated edition. CH Beck, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-406-73610-0 .
  • Athens or Sparta. The history of the Peloponnesian War. CH Beck, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-406-74098-5 .

literature

  • Jan Timmer and Rüdiger Kinsky (eds.): Happy antiquity. Festival book for Wolfgang Will on his 65th birthday (= Antiquitas. Series 1. Treatises on ancient history. Volume 64). Habelt, Bonn 2014, ISBN 978-3-7749-3900-4 .

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personal data
SURNAME Will, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ancient historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Bamberg