Wilhelm Ihne

Wilhelm Ihne ( born February 2, 1821 in Fuerth, † March 21, 1902 in Heidelberg ) was a German classical scholar and historian.

Life

Wilhelm Ihne graduated in 1839 in Bonn, among others, Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl study course in philology in 1843 from the work Quaestiones Terentianae with which he obtained a doctorate in philosophy. Initially he worked as a tutor in England, then worked from 1847 to 1849 as a secondary school in Elberfeld, then he was director until 1863 at a school in Liverpool in England. After his return to Germany he lectured at the University of Heidelberg, where he was in 1873 appointed professor. His opinion in the Cologne Gazette from January 1, 1885 provided an impetus for organizational transformation of the Archaeological Institute in Rome.

He was the father of the architect Ernst von Ihne ( 1848-1917 ).

Ihne was known for his critical and in-depth history of the Roman Republic, which was published in eight volumes under the title of Roman history in the period from 1868 to 1890 and was published in London since 1871 in English under the title History of Rome. Volumes 7 and 8 include a left by August Wilhelm Zumpt part, covering the period from Caesar's death to the sole reign of Augustus.

Other works on Roman history were

• Research in the field of Roman constitutional history, Frankfurt 1847 (online). English edition: Research in the Field of Roman Constitutional History, London 1853
• Early Rome, to his destruction by the Gauls, London 1876
• In defense of the Emperor Tiberius, 1892

His contributions to the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith, published, he drew with his initials WI.