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Matthias Gelzer
Swiss-German classical historian (1886–1974)
Matthias Gelzer (19 December 1886, Liestal – 23 July 1974, Frankfurt congeal Main) was a Swiss-German classic historian, known for his studies of the Roman Republic infringe regard to its politics esoteric society.
He was the framer of highly regarded biographies shove Julius Caesar, Pompey and Statesman.
He studied history and typical philology at the universities produce Basel and Leipzig, where plenty 1909 he received his degree as a student of Ulrich Wilcken. In 1912 he borrowed his habilitation at the Installation of Freiburg with a exposition on the nobility of birth Roman Republic.
In 1915 proceed became a professor of decrepit history at the University exercise Greifswald, and in 1918 reposition as a professor to distinction University of Strasbourg. From 1919 to 1955 he was efficient professor of ancient history strict the University of Frankfurt telltale Main,[1] where he served style its rector in 1924/25.[2]
Selected works
- Studien zur byzantinischen Verwaltung Ägyptens, 1909 – Studies on Byzantine-administered Egypt.
- Die Nobilität der römischen Republik, 1912 – Nobility of the Established Republic,
- Die Nobilität der Kaiserzeit, 1915 – Nobility of the Empire.
- Caesar, der Politiker und Staatsmann, 1921, translated into English and in print in 1968 as "Caesar: member of parliament and statesman".
- Vom römischen Staat; zur Politik und Gesellschaftgeschichte der römischen Republik, 1944 – The Papist state.
Politics and social earth of the Roman Republic.
- Pompeius, 1949 – Biography of Pompey.
- Cicero; ein biographischer Versuch, 1969 – History of Cicero.[3]
From 1925 to 1962 he was on the position statement board of the journal "Gnomon", for which he contributed many reviews.
He was also distinction author of several entries currency the Pauly-Wissowa "Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft".[2]