Karl Joachim Marquardt (19 April 1812 – 30 November 1882) was a German historian and writer on Roman antiquities. In his later life he was Rector of the

Ernestine Gymnasium, Gotha The Ernestine Gymnasium (Latin name: Ernestinum, used in German) is a humanistic and modern gymnasium in Gotha, Germany, the successor of the Illustrious Gymnasium (''Gymnasium illustre''), founded in 1524, which in 1853 was merged with the rece ...

Biography

Marquardt was born at Danzig."Marquardt, Joachim"
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Hugh Chisholm Hugh Chisholm (; 22 February 1866 – 29 September 1924) was a British journalist, and editor of the 10th, 11th and 12th editions of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Life He was born in London, a son of Henry Williams Chisholm (1809–1901), ...

, ed., ''

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'', 11th edition, vol. 17 (Cambridge University Press, 1911) p. 750 He studied at Berlin and

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, held various educational appointments from 1833 onwards at Berlin, Danzig, and Posen, and became in 1859 head of the gymnasium in

Gotha Gotha () is the fifth-largest city in Thuringia, Germany, west of Erfurt and east of Eisenach with a population of 44,000. The city is the capital of the district of Gotha and was also a residence of the Ernestine Wettins from 1640 until the ...

, where he died in 1882. The dedication of his treatise ''Historiae equitum romanorum libri quatuor'' (1841) to Lachmann led to his being recommended to the publisher of

Wilhelm Adolf Becker Wilhelm Adolf Becker (179630 September 1846) was a German classical scholar. Biography Becker was born in Dresden, the son of German art historian, numismatist and author Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker. At first destined for a commercial life, he was in ...

's ''Handbuch der römischen Alterthumer'' to continue the work on the death of Becker in 1846. The work took twenty years to complete, and met with such success that a new edition was soon called for. Finding himself unequal to the task single-handed, Marquardt left the preparation of the first three volumes (''Römisches Staatsrecht'') to

Theodor Mommsen Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (; 30 November 1817 – 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest classicists of the 19th cent ...

, while he himself contributed volumes V-VI (''Römische Staatsverwaltung'', 1873–1878) and volume VII (''Das Privatleben der Römer'', 1879–1882). Medaille Karl Joachim Marquardt 1883

Its clearness of style, systematic arrangement, and abundant references to authorities ancient and modern, continue to make it valuable to students. Marquardt died in Gotha, while still in office as Rector of the Ernestine Gymnasium, Gotha. The school commissioned a medal to commemorate Marquardt, made by the local engraver Fredinand Helfricht and issued on November 30th 1883, the first anniversary of his death.S. Krmnicek, M. Gaidys, ''Gelehrtenbilder. Altertumswissenschaftler auf Medaillen des 19. Jahrhunderts''
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in: S. Krmnicek (Ed.), ''Von Krösus bis zu König Wilhelm'' New Series, vol. 3 (Tübingen: 2020)
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Literature

Kai Brodersen Kai Brodersen (born 6 June 1958) is a contemporary ancient historian and classicist on the faculty of the University of Erfurt. He has edited, and translated, both ancient works and modern classical studies. His research focuses on "Applied Scie ...

, Introduction in: Joachim Marquardt, ''Das Privatleben der Römer'', new edition, Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2016, pp. v-viii,

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Howlers by Joachim Marquardt (in German)
1812 births 1882 deaths German classical scholars Heads of the Ernestine Gymnasium, Gotha Writers from Gdańsk People from West Prussia {{germany-academic-bio-stub