Waldemar Heckel (born 1949) is a Canadian historian. Heckel was born in Bad Königshofen, Germany in 1949. He attained his master's degree in 1973 from

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, and earned his doctorate in 1978 at the

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. His dissertation on the "marshals" of Alexander the Great also formed the basis for his 1992 work on this subject. Heckel is internationally regarded as a researcher on

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...

, and has published numerous works on this. Other focal points of his research are ancient Greek history and

ancient Greek warfare Warfare occurred throughout the history of Ancient Greece, from the Greek Dark Ages onward. The Greek 'Dark Ages' drew to an end as a significant increase in population allowed urbanized culture to be restored, which led to the rise of the city-s ...

. Until his retirement in late 2013, Heckel taught as a professor of ancient history at the

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Selected publications

Monographs

*''The Conquests of Alexander the Great''. Cambridge Univ. Press, 2007. *''Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great. Prosopography of Alexander's empire''. Blackwell, 2006. *''The Marshals of Alexander's empire''. Routledge, 1992; 2nd ed., ''Alexander’s Marshals: A Study of the Makedonian Aristocracy and the Politics of Military Leadership'', 2016. *''The Last Days and Testament of Alexander the Great: A Prosopographic Study''. Stuttgart: Steiner, 1988.

Commentary and translation

*''Livy: The Dawn of the Roman Empire (Books 31-40)''. Translated by JC Yardley, comment by Waldemar Heckel. Oxford University Press, 2000. *''Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus''. Volume I, Books 11-12: Alexander the Great, 1997; Volume II: Books 13-15: ''The Successors to Alexander the Great'', 2011. Translated by JC Yardley, comment by Waldemar Heckel. Oxford Univ. Press. *''Quintus Curtius Rufus: The History of Alexander.'' Translated by JC Yardley, with introduction, notes and commentary by Waldemar Heckel. Penguin, 1984; corrected edition 2001 (several reprints).

Edited volumes

*''Alexander the Great. A New History''. Edited with Lawrence A. Tritle. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. *''Alexander the Great. Historical Sources in Translation''. Edited with John C. Yardley. Blackwell, 2004. *''Crossroads of History: The Age of Alexander''. Edited with Lawrence A. Tritle. Regina Books, 2003. *''Ancient Coins of the Graeco-Roman World: The Nickle Numismatic Papers''. Edited with Richard Sullivan. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 1984.Reviews of ''Ancient Coins of the Graeco-Roman World'':

References

External links

Homepage at the University of Calgary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heckel, Waldemar 20th-century Canadian historians Historians of antiquity 1949 births Living people People from Bad Königshofen German emigrants to Canada McMaster University alumni 21st-century Canadian historians