Joseph Anton Friedrich Wilhelm Ihne (2 February 1821 – 21 March 1902) was a German

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who was a native of

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. He was the father of

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(1848–1917).

Life

He studied

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, obtaining his degree in 1843 with a thesis titled ''Quaestiones Terentianae''. From 1847 to 1849 he was a teacher in

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, afterwards moving to

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, where he taught school in

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until 1863. He returned to Germany as a lecturer at the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

, where in 1873 he was appointed professor. He died in

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Works

Ihne is remembered for the classic ''Römische Geschichte'' (''History of Rome''), a work published in eight volumes from 1868 to 1890, and also translated into English. Other works on

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by Ihne include: * ''Forschungen auf dem Gebiet der rom Verfassungsgeschichte'', 1847; later published in English as: ''Researches into the History of the Roman Constitution'', (1853). * ''Early Rome : from the Foundation of the City to its Destruction by the Gauls'' (in English, 1875).Early Rome : from the foundation of the city to its destruction by the Gauls
HathiTrust Digital Library * ''Zur Ehrenrettung des Kaisers Tiberius'' ("A plea of the Emperor

Tiberius Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was the second Roman emperor. He reigned from AD 14 until 37, succeeding his stepfather, the first Roman emperor Augustus. Tiberius was born in Rome in 42 BC. His father ...

"), 1892.

References

Bibliography

translated Biography
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Meyers Konversations-Lexikon ' or ' was a major encyclopedia in the German language that existed in various editions, and by several titles, from 1839 to 1984, when it merged with the '. Joseph Meyer (1796–1856), who had founded the publishing house in 1826, intended t ...

''History of Rome'' (at Google Books)
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''Researches into the History of the Roman Constitution''
in English translation and with an Appendix upon the Roman Knights (1853) * ''History of Rome'' in English (at Internet Archive): five volumes from 1871 onwards
''Volume 1''
from Aeneas to the Conquest of Italy
''Volume 2''
covering the Punic Wars
''Volume 3''
covering from 200 BC to 133 BC
''Volume 4''
covering Roman institutions and the Gracchi
''Volume 5''
from the Jugurthine War to Sulla. * ''Römische Geschichte'' in German (also at Internet Archive): remaining three volumes of Roman History covering roughly the period from Sulla's death to the dominance of Octavian / Augustus following the Battle of Actium in 31 BC
''Volume 6''
an
''Volumes 7 and 8'' combined

''Early Rome : from the Foundation of the City to its Destruction by the Gauls''
in English translation (1898)

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* * 19th-century German historians 1821 births 1902 deaths Heidelberg University faculty German male non-fiction writers {{Germany-academic-bio-stub