Alfred von Domaszewski (October 30, 1856 – March 25, 1927) was an Austrian

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born in

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in the Habsburg monarchy. He received his education in

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, and following graduation remained in Vienna as a secondary school teacher. In 1884 he began work as an assistant at the

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in Vienna. In 1887 he became an associate professor of

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at the

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, where in 1890 he attained full professorship. One of his better known students was historian Ernst Hartwig Kantorowicz (1895-1963). In 1882 he accompanied German archaeologist

Carl Humann Carl Humann (first name also ''Karl''; 4 January 1839 – 12 April 1896) was a German engineer, architect and archaeologist. He discovered the Pergamon Altar. Biography Early Years Humann was born in Steele, part of today's Essen - Germany ...

(1839–1896) to

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on behalf of the Berlin Academy of Sciences, with support from the Vienna Ministry of Education. He also assisted Humann on a reconstruction project involving the

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. With

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Rudolf Ernst Brünnow Rudolph Ernst Brünnow (February 7, 1858 in Ann Arbor, Michigan – April 14, 1917 in Bar Harbor, Maine) was a German-American orientalist and philologist. Life The son of the Berlin-born astronomer Franz Friedrich Ernst Brünnow, Rudolph ...

(1858–1917), he provided a comprehensive analysis and map of the ancient city of

Petra Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to the mountain of Ja ...

Selected publications

* ''Die Religion des römischen Heeres'' (The religion of the Roman Army), 1895. * ''Die Rangordnung des römischen Heeres'' (The hierarchy of the Roman Army), 1907. * ''Geschichte der römischen Kaiser'' (History of the Roman Emperor), 1909. * ''Abhandlungen zur römischen Religion'' (Treatises on the Roman religion), 1909.

References

* "This article is based on translations of equivalent articles at the Dutch and German Wikipedia", whose sources include a biography
Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL).
Band 1. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1957, S. 193.

External links

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extensive bibliography. 1856 births 1927 deaths 20th-century Austrian historians Writers from Timișoara Academic staff of Heidelberg University 19th-century Austrian historians {{austria-historian-stub