Edmund Groag (2 February 1873, in Prerau – 19 August 1945, in

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) was an Austrian classical scholar, who specialized in

Roman history The history of Rome includes the history of the city of Rome as well as the civilisation of ancient Rome. Roman history has been influential on the modern world, especially in the history of the Catholic Church, and Roman law has influenced ma ...

. From 1892 he studied history and

philology Philology () is the study of language in oral and writing, written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defin ...

at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...

, receiving his doctorate in 1895 with the dissertation on

Tacitus Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus ( , ; – ), was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historiography, Roman historians by modern scholars. The surviving portions of his t ...

, ''Zur Kritik von Tacitus’ Quellen in den Historien''. By way of a study grant he visited Rome in 1898/99, then in 1901 began work at the Vienna National Library, an institution that he would be associated with for most of his career. In 1918 he obtained his

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at the university, where in 1925 he was named an associate professor of Roman history. In 1933 he became a member of the

German Archaeological Institute The German Archaeological Institute (german: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, ''DAI'') is a research institute in the field of archaeology (and other related fields). The DAI is a "federal agency" under the Federal Foreign Office of Germany ...

.Edmund Groag
Österreichische Akademie der WissenschaftenEdmund Groag
Gedenkbuch der Universität Wien He was born into a Jewish family and converted to Catholicism in 1901. Despite this, he was removed from his position at the university for racial reasons following the

Anschluss The (, or , ), also known as the (, en, Annexation of Austria), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into the German Reich on 13 March 1938. The idea of an (a united Austria and Germany that would form a " Greater Germany ...

. During the Nazi takeover of Austria, he lived in a precarious state in Vienna. He died from an illness a few months after liberation of the city. With

Arthur Stein Arthur Stein may refer to: * Arthur Stein (political scientist) * Arthur Stein (historian) Arthur Stein (10 June 1871, in Vienna – 15 November 1950, in Prague) was an Austrian-Czech historian and epigrapher. From 1892 to 1897 he studied hist ...

(1871–1950), he published an unfinished second edition of the ''

Prosopographia Imperii Romani The ', abbreviated ''PIR'', is a collective historical work to establish the prosopography of high-profile people from the Roman empire. The time period covered extends from the Battle of Actium in 31 BC to the reign of Diocletian. The final volum ...

'' (3 volumes, 1933–43).Edmund Groag
de.Wikisource He was also the author of many articles in the '' Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft''.Kategorie:RE:Autor:Edmund Groag
Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft

Selected works

* ''Die Adoption Hadrians'', 1899 – The adoption of

Hadrian Hadrian (; la, Caesar Trâiānus Hadriānus ; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. He was born in Italica (close to modern Santiponce in Spain), a Roman ''municipium'' founded by Italic settlers in Hispania B ...

. * ''Die römischen Inschriftsteine der Hofbibliothek'', 1913 – The Roman inscription stones of the court library. * ''Geschichte des Altertums bis zur Begründung des römischen Kaiserreiches'' (with Heinrich Montzka, 1914) – Ancient history up to the establishment of the Roman Empire. * ''Beiträge zur Geschichte des zweiten Triumvirats'', 1915 – Contributions to the history of the

Second Triumvirate The Second Triumvirate was an extraordinary commission and magistracy created for Mark Antony, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Octavian to give them practically absolute power. It was formally constituted by law on 27 November 43 BC with a ...

. * ''Studien zur römischen Kaisergeschichte'' (2 parts 1918–19) – Studies of Roman Emperor history. * ''Römische Cäsaren'', 1926 – Roman Caesars. * ''Neue Literatur über Caesar und Augustus'', 1926 – New literature on Caesar and

Augustus Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Roman Pri ...

. * ''Der Dichter Porfyrius in einer stadtrömischen Inschrift'' 1926/27 – The poet Porfirius from an urban Roman inscription. * ''Hannibal als Politiker'', 1929 –

Hannibal Hannibal (; xpu, 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋, ''Ḥannibaʿl''; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Puni ...

as a politician. * ''Prosopographische Bemerkungen'', 1931 –

Prosopographical Prosopography is an investigation of the common characteristics of a group of people, whose individual biographies may be largely untraceable. Research subjects are analysed by means of a collective study of their lives, in multiple career-line an ...

remarks. * ''Die römischen Reichsbeamten von Achaia bis auf Diokletian'', 1939 – Roman Empire officials of

Achaia Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...

up until

Diocletian Diocletian (; la, Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, grc, Διοκλητιανός, Diokletianós; c. 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed ''Iovius'', was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305. He was born Gaius Valerius Diocles ...

. * ''Die Reichsbeamten von Achaia in spätrömischer Zeit'', 1946 – The Imperial officials of Achaia in the late Roman era.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Groag, Edmund 1873 births 1945 deaths People from Přerov University of Vienna alumni Academics of the University of Vienna 20th-century Austrian historians Austrian people of Moravian-German descent Prosopographers of ancient Rome