Sándor Soproni

Sándor Soproni ( born November 21, 1926 in Szentendre, Hungary, † November 10, 1995 in Budapest) was a Hungarian provincial Roman archaeologist who was known by important discoveries and excavations for pre-and early history of his native land and basic works on the late Roman military buildings and wrote to the ancient frontier defense of Pannonia. Soproni was one of the greatest archaeologists of his field in Hungary.

Life

After completing his schooling attended Sándor Soproni 1946 to 1951, the University of Budapest. Following his university degree and the doctorate, he was from 1951 to 1961 director of the newly founded Károly Ferenczy Museum, Szentendre and put the local lapidary with the stone monuments from the Roman camp village and the castle of Szentendre. He also took care of excavations, which add to our collections, exhibitions conceived and was also responsible for advertising its institution in addition to the organization of scientific presentations. Between 1961 and 1975 he was employed at the Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest, before he was promoted in 1975 to Director of Central Archaeological Library. He taught both at the Budapest and at the University of Szeged and was a member of the Austrian and the German Archaeological Institute.

Performance

An important Sopronis of excavations took place at Budakalász - Luppa csárda between Szentendre and Budapest, 1952-1961. This Soproni uncovered 439 tombs of the Copper Age Péceler culture. In grave 177 has become the world-famous after its publication clay model of a car was discovered. During this time - at Luppa csárda also in 1934 exposed the late Roman residential and watchtower was - his gaze began on the scientific study of Roman border fortifications between Esztergom ( Solva ) and Szentendre ( Ulcisia Castra) to be addressed. He began to commit the former Roman border area in northern Hungary several times. He identified several ancient remains of buildings in the area and carried out excavations at the fort so Visegrad Sibrik on fortlet Pilismarót - Malompatak and the Burgus Leányfalu. He also looked at various points watchtower. He undertook the first research on late Roman fort Alsóhetény and worked on the Danube bridgehead Bölcske since the beginning of the investigation. The local discoveries with their rich inscription stones are among the most important Roman archaeological complexes of Pannonia in recent decades. In addition to the Limes Soproni research focused on the epigraphy of Roman inscriptions as geographical source. Another main topic was the investigation of the Limes Sarmatiae, a large, late Roman Wall Systems in the Great Hungarian Plain, which was then built in Barbaricum.

Sándor Soproni wrote not only for the scientific community, but also wrote popular science books that have been well received in the German-speaking public. On 7 October 1998 was held in Bölcske a memorial conference for Soproni with lectures instead.

Excavations

Honors

The Lapidary of Bölcske with the salvaged at Bölcske from the Danube altars bears the name of Sándor Soproni ( Dr. Sándor Soproni Római Kori Kotar ).

Writings

Books (selection)

  • With Nándor Kalicz, József Korek: Copper Age. Grave finds of Péceler culture from the Danube - Tisza area, Transdanubia and Northern Hungary. Inventaria archaeologica. Archaeological Institute of the University of Budapest. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1962.
  • Lajos Boros, Victor Szombathy: Szentendre. Panoráma 1966.
  • Római kori sulyok Tolna megyéböl. ( A Roman Schlegel from the Tolna ). Tolna megyei Tanács VB művelödésügyi Osztálya, Szekszárd 1967.
  • Tabula Imperii Romani: Aquincum, Sarmizegetusa, Sirmium. Union académique international. A. M. Hakkert, Amsterdam 1968.
  • Edit with Thomas and Others: Roman culture in Pannonia. Guest exhibition of the Hungarian National Museum Budapest. Exhibition catalog. Museum of German History, Berlin 1971.
  • The late Roman Limes between Esztergom and Szentendre. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest 1978. ISBN 963-05-1307-2.
  • Szentendre a rómaiak korában. Pest Megyei Múzeumok Igazgatósága, Szentendre 1978. ISBN 963-7521-46-1.
  • With Endre Tóth and many more: The history of the peoples of Hungary from the Palaeolithic to the Hungarian conquest. Hungarian National Museum, Budapest 1981. ISBN 9,635,627,874th
  • With László Barkóczi: Brigetio ( continued) and the Limes route on the Danube Bend. ( = The Roman inscriptions of Hungary. ( RIU ). 3rd delivery). Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest 1981. ISBN 963-05-2374-4 ( with Rudolf Habelt Verlag, ISBN 3-7749-1842-2 Bonn ).
  • The last decades of the Pannonian Limes. CH Beck Verlag, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-406-30453-2.
  • With Éva Garam, Pál Patay: Sarmatian Wall System in the Carpathian Basin. Hungarian National Museum, Budapest 1983. 2nd, expanded edition. Hungarian National Museum, 2003. ISBN 963-9046-89-2 Budapest.

From the estate appeared:

  • With Jenő Fitz, András Mócsy: The territory of Aquincum, the Civitas Eraviscorum and the Limes route Matrica - Annamatia and the territory of Gorsium. ( = The Roman inscriptions of Hungary ( RIU ). 6 delivery). Enciklopédia Kiadó, Budapest / Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn, 2001. ISBN 3-7749-3054-6.
  • Also Sopronis manuscripts of his collection of the milestones of both Pannonian provinces to appear yet in the series The Roman inscriptions of Hungary ( RIU ).

Papers (selection)

  • Pannonian Burgus - building inscriptions from the time of Commodus. In: Reports of the museum association Lauriacum Enns - 32 (1994 ), pp. 10-15.
  • Roman inscriptions from the Veszprém County. In: Publication TIONES Museorum Comitatus Vesprimiensis 19-20 (1993 /94), pp. 141-148.
  • Satyr Silenus bronze head with master Name of Visegrád. In: Folia archaeologica 41 (1990 ), pp. 43-52.
  • Előzetes jelentés a Bölcskei Keso Római ellenerőd kutatásáról. ( Preliminary report on the study of the late Roman fortress counter in Bölcske. ) In: COMMUNICATIONES Archaeologicae Hungariae. (1990 ), pp. 133-142.
  • A late Roman fortress in the bed of the Danube at Bölcske. In: Roman Frontier Studies 1989 XVth International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies.. ed V. A. Maxfield and MJ Dobson. University of Exeter Press, Exeter 1991. Pp. 257-258.
  • A classis flavia pannonica felirata kerepesről. In: Acta Antiqua et Archaeologica. Supplementum VI, 1987. Pp. 91-97.
  • Nachvalentinianische fortresses on the Danube limes. In: Studies on the military boundaries of Rome III, studies and reports pre-and early history of Baden -Württemberg, 20 ( 1986), pp. 409 ff
  • Marinianus Ursicinus magister. In: Folia Archaeologica 37 (1986 ), pp. 83-95.
  • Newer Roman milestones from Százhalombatta. In: Folia archaeologica 34 (1983 ), pp. 73-90.
  • Pilismarót - Duna melléke dűlő 2 Római őrtorony. ( Pilismarót - Duna melléke Corridor Roman Watchtower 2. ) In: Dunai Régészeti Közlemények. Budapest, 1979. Pp. 83-86.
  • Municipium Halicanum. In: Folia archaeologica 30 (1979 ), pp. 91ff.
  • Contra Acinco et Bononia. Comments on the Fasti of Hydatius. In: Studies on the military boundaries of Rome II ( lectures at the 10th International Limes Congress in Germaniae inferior). Habelt, Bonn 1978. Pp. 393-397.
  • Contributions to the question of the list of Valeria the Notitia Dignitarum. In: Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 26 (1974 ), pp. 60-70.
  • The late Roman fortress of Iovia. In: Actes du Congrès International d' Etudes sur les Frontières Romaines 9, 1974, p 181-186.
  • Military and fixings to the Pannonian Limes. In: The Romans on the Danube, Noricum and Pannonia. Exhibition Catalogue National Exhibition Castle Traun, Petronell / NE 1973.
  • A Roman watchtower in Szent- györgy -puszta, Visegrád. In: Studia Comitatensia 1 (1972 ), pp. 39-43 ( in Hungarian ).
  • Keso Római katonai őrállomás Hatvan Gombospusztán. ( A late Roman period military guard station in Hatvan Gombospuszta. ) In: Dolgozatok Heves megye múltjából. Eger 1970. Pp. 17-28.
  • Limes Sarmatiae. In: Mora Ferenc Muzeum A Évkönyve 2/1969. Szeged, 1969, pp. 117-133.
  • A late Roman military station on sarmatischem area. In: Actes du Congrès International d' Etudes sur les Frontières Romaines 8 1969 p 131-143. .
  • About the coins in circulation in Pannonia at the end of the 4th century In: Folia archaeologica 20 (1969 ), pp. 69-78.
  • Burgus - building inscription from the year 372 to the Pannonian Limes. In: Studies on the military boundaries of Rome I. Supplement 19 of the Bonn yearbooks. Cologne 1967. Pp. 138-143.
  • A new inscription from Intercisa. In: Klio 46 (1965 ), pp. 367-370.
  • The Legio XIV Gemina stamp in Brigetio. In: Folia archaeologica 17 (1965 ), pp. 119ff.
  • Two Inscribed Relics of the Cohors XIIX Vol c. R. In: Folia archaeologica 16 (1964 ), pp. 33ff.
  • The late Roman watchtower in the district of Esztergom. In: Archaeologiai Értesítő 87 (1960 ), pp. 207 et seq
  • The late Roman Limes between Visegrád and Esztergom. In: Limes Romanus first conference Nitra, lectures. Pressburg in 1959. Pp. 131-143.
  • Adatok a valentinianuskori bélyegestéglák időrendjéhez. ( Contribution to the chronology of the stamped bricks from the reign of Valentinian. ) In: Archaeologiai Értesítő 85 (1958 ), pp. 52-55.
  • Budakalász. In: The Péceler culture. In: Archaeologia Hungarica 35 (1956 ), pp. 111-128.
  • A Budakalászi kocsi. ( The carriage of Budakalász. ) In: Folia archaeologica 6 (1954 ), pp. 29-36 and 198-199, table 6-8.
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