August Wilhelm Zumpt

August Wilhelm Zumpt ( born December 4, 1815 in Königsberg, † April 22, 1877 in Berlin ) was an ancient scientist who was best known for his work on Latin inscriptions. He was a nephew of Karl Gottlob Zumpt, studied in Berlin and in 1851 professor at the Friedrich -Wilhelms -Gymnasium.

His work on inscriptions (compiled in Commentationes epigraphicae, 1850-1854 ) brought him in connection with the preparation of the corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum in contrast to Theodor Mommsen.

Works

  • Edition of Rutilius Claudius Namatianus (1840 )
  • Monumentum Ancyranum ( Franck, 1847)
  • Studio, Romana ( 1859)
  • The criminal law of the Roman Republic ( 1865-69 )
  • Edition of Cicero's Pro Murena (1859 ) and De lege agraria (1861 )
  • De monument Ancyrano supplendo (1869 )
  • The criminal process of the Roman Republic (1871 )

Wilhelm Ihne processed by him Materials provided to the 7th and 8th volume of his History of Rome (1840 ).

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