Ernst Kornemann (11 October 1868, Rosenthal near

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– 4 December 1946,

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) was a

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classical historian.

Biography

He studied at

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(1878–89) and

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(1889–92), and took the degree of

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(1891); he was appointed assistant professor teaching under the faculty (1892). He became

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of ancient history at Giessen (1892) and then professor at

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(1902). With Dr. Lehmann-Haupt, of

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, he established the periodical '' Klio'', dedicated to ancient history.

Literary works

His publications include: *1891 ''De civibus Romanis in provinciis imperii consistentibus''. *1896 ''Die historische Schriftstellerei des Consuls Asinius Pollio''. *1903 ''Zur Geschichte der Graechenzeit''. *1904 ''Die neue Livius-Epitome aus Oxyrhynchus''. *1905 ''Kaiser Hadrian und der letzte grosse Historiker von Rom''. *1912 ''Priesterkodex in der Regia und die Entstehung der altrömische Pseudogeschichte''. *1921 ''Mausoleum und Tatenbericht des Augustus'', Leizpg: Teubner. *1923 ''Einleitung in die Altertumswissenschaft'' (edited by

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and Eduard Norden; Bd. 3, Halbband 2). *1926 ''Vom antiken Staat'', Berlin: Ferdinand Hirt. *1927 ''Die Stellung der Frau in der vorgriechischen Mittelmeerkultur'', Heidelberg: C. Winter. *1929 ''Staat und Wirtschaft'', Breslau: M.& H. Marcus. *1929 ''Neue Dokumente zum lakonischen Kaiserkult'', Breslau: M.& H. Marcus. *1930 ''Doppelprinzipat und Reichsteilung im Imperium Romanum'', Leipzig: Teubner. *1934 ''Staaten, Völker, Männer'', Leipzig: Dieterich. *1934 ''Die unsichtbaren Grenzen des Römischen Kaiserreiches'', Budapest: Ungarische Akademie der Wissenschaften. *1937 ''Augustus'', Breslau: Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. *1941 ''Das Imperium Romanum'', Breslau: Korn. *1942 ''Große Frauen des Altertums'', Leipzig: Dieterich. *1943 ''Gestalten und Reiche'', Leipzig: Dieterich. *1946 ''Tacitus'', Wiesbaden: Dieterich. *1947 ''Das Prinzipat des Tiberius und der "Genius Senatus"'', München: Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie des Wissenschaften. *1949 ''Weltgeschichte des Mittelmeerraumes. Von Philipp II. von Makedonien bis Muhammed'', edition of

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(Teilabdruck 1978: ''Geschichte der Spätantike'').

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* 19th-century German historians 20th-century German historians People from Waldeck-Frankenberg 1868 births 1946 deaths University of Giessen alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of the University of Tübingen German male non-fiction writers {{germany-historian-stub