Franz Altheim

Franz Altheim ( born October 6, 1898 in Frankfurt am Main, † October 17, 1976 in Münster in Westphalia ) was a German historian and philologist Classic.

Life

Altheim studied from 1916 to 1921 at the University of Frankfurt Classics and Ancient Studies, in the city where he had gone to school. He received his Ph.D. in December 1921 with Hans von Arnim with the work Composition of Aristotle's Politics. 1925 Altheim was a fellow of the Emergency Association of German Science. In 1928 his Habilitation at Walter F. Otto about Greek gods in ancient Rome. Subsequently, he was a lecturer until 1935, from 1936 Extraordinary Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Frankfurt. In the winter of 1936 he was Chair of Representatives at the Martin -Luther- University Halle- Wittenberg. He belonged to the George circle and was from 1934 to 1936 member of the SA. In 1937 he was Associate Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Halle in 1943 finally full professor.

His appointment, he also owed its cooperation with the Heinrich Himmler sponsored by the "German Ancestral Heritage ", which funded his research trips. Altheim was a member of the Ahnenerbe Society and besides Walther Wüst, Wolfram Sievers, Karl August Eckhardt and other less eminent scientists as a member of the advisory committee of the Ahnenerbe research project "Forest and tree." Sievers ' in 1939 put forward plans to establish an up -dealing with antiquity " rassekundlich - historical institute " he agreed wholeheartedly.

1945 Altheim was first starting, but soon used again. In 1948 he was in Hall Professor of Ancient History, but switched in 1950 to the Chair of Ancient History at the newly founded Free University of Berlin, where he remained until his retirement in 1964. Then Altheim moved to Münster / Westphalia. The Althistorikerin Ruth Altheim - Stiehl, which cooperated in several of his works, is his adopted daughter.

Altheim was performed after his death, as a member of the Board of Patrons of the Nouvelle Ecole. The magazine is one of the mouthpieces of the right-wing GRECE.

Services

Originally Latinist, Altheim be turned in no later than Halle becoming ancient history. He wrote an extensive number of monographs, some of which were translated into other languages. Altheim dealt primarily with the Hellenistic and Roman history, and the history of Roman religion and the history of the ancient East.

Writings

  • Greek gods in ancient Rome. Giessen 1930. Edition 1980.
  • Terra Mater. Studies on altital. History of religion. Töpelmann, Giessen 1931.
  • Roman religious history. 3 volumes. de Gruyter, Berlin 1931-1933. 2nd edition. in 2 volumes in 1956.
  • Eras of Roman history. 2 vols. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main from 1934 to 1935.
  • Lex sacrata. Pantheon, Amsterdam, 1939.
  • The soldier emperors. Klostermann, Frankfurt 1939 ( German Ancestral Heritage, Vol 1).
  • ( with Erika Trautmann ): From the origin of the runes. Klostermann, Frankfurt 1939 ( German Ancestral Heritage, Vol 3).
  • ( with Erika Trautmann ): Italy and the Dorian invasion. Pantheon, Amsterdam 1940.
  • Italy and Rome. 2 vols. Pantheon, Amsterdam, 1941. 3rd edition. , 1944.
  • Rome and Hellenism. Amsterdam, Pantheon, 1942.
  • Helios and Heliodorus of Emesa. Amsterdam, Pantheon, 1942.
  • ( with Erika Trautmann Nehring ): Cimbri and runes. Studies on the question of the origin of the runes. Ahnenerbe, Berlin, 1942.
  • The crisis of the old world in the 3rd century Zw. and their causes. 2 vols. Ahnenerbe, Berlin, 1943.
  • Goths and Finns in the third and fourth centuries. Ranke, Berlin, 1944.
  • World History of Asia in the Greek era. 2 vols. Niemeyer, Halle 1947-1948.
  • Roman history. 3 volumes. de Gruyter, Berlin 1948-1958. Additional output Klostermann, Frankfurt from 1951 to 1953.
  • Literature and society in the late antiquity. 2 vols. Niemeyer, Halle 1948-1950.
  • The origin of the Etruscans. Publisher of Art and Science, Baden -Baden 1950.
  • History of the Latin language. Klostermann, Frankfurt 1951.
  • From Late Antiquity and Christianity. Niemeyer, Tübingen, 1951.
  • Attila and the Huns. Publisher of Art and Science, Baden -Baden 1951.
  • Decline of the old world. An investigation of the causes. 2 vols. Klostermann, Frankfurt 1952.
  • ( with Ruth Stiehl ): Asia and Rome. New documents from Sasanian early days. Niemeyer, Tübingen, 1952.
  • Alexander and Asia. Story of a spiritual heritage. Niemeyer, Tübingen, 1953.
  • Vision of the evening and morning. From Antiquity to the Middle Ages. Fischer, Frankfurt 1954.
  • ( with Ruth Stiehl ): An Asian state. Feudalism under the Sassanids. Limes, Wiesbaden 1954.
  • Empire at midnight. Asia's road to Europe. Rowohlt, Hamburg 1955.
  • The undefeated God. Paganism and Christianity. Rowohlt, Hamburg 1957.
  • Utopia and economy. A historical view. Klostermann, Frankfurt 1957.
  • ( with Ruth Stiehl ): Financial history of late antiquity. Klostermann, Frankfurt 1957.
  • ( with Ruth Stiehl ): Philologia sacra. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1958.
  • ( with Ruth Stiehl ): The Aramaic language in the Achaemenid. 3 deliveries. Klostermann, Frankfurt from 1959 to 1963.
  • History of the Huns. 5 volumes. de Gruyter, Berlin 1959-1962.
  • Zoroaster and Alexander. An east-west encounter. Fischer, Frankfurt 1960.
  • Development assistance in antiquity. The great kingdoms and their neighbors Rowohlt, Reinbek 1962.
  • The Arabs in the old world. 6 volumes. de Gruyter, Berlin 1964-69.
  • ( with Ruth Stiehl ): History of Central Asia in ancient times. de Gruyter, Berlin, 1970.
  • ( with Ruth Stiehl ): Christianity on the Red Sea. 2 vols. de Gruyter, Berlin 1971-1973.
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