Jochen Bleicken (3 September 1926 in Westerland,

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– 24 February 2005 in

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) was a German professor of ancient history.

Biography

The son of a salesman, Bleicken studied from 1948 to 1954 history and classical philology at the universities of

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the J ...

and

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

. He wrote his

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...

at the chair of

Alfred Heuß Alfred Valentin Heuß also Heuss (27 January 1877 – 9 July 1934) was a German musicologist, music critic and editor of music magazines. Life Born in Chur, after studying music in Stuttgart, Munich and Leipzig, Heuß received his doctorate in ...

at Kiel in 1954 and after his

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in 1962 became a professor of history in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

and from 1977 in

Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...

. He retired in 1991 but gave lectures until 1999. His focus was on the history of the

Roman republic The Roman Republic ( la, Res publica Romana ) was a form of government of Rome and the era of the classical Roman civilization when it was run through public representation of the Roman people. Beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kin ...

and the

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, where his works gained importance like the structure of the Roman republic and a biography of Augustus. From 1978 he was member of the

Göttingen Academy of Sciences Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the capital of the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, the population was 118,911. General information The or ...

Bibliography

* ''Das Volkstribunat der klassischen Republik: Studien zu seiner Entwicklung zwischen 287 und 133 v. Chr.'' Beck, München 1955. 2. Aufl. 1968. (Zetemata, 13) * ''Senatsgericht und Kaisergericht: eine Studie zur Entwicklung des Prozeßrechtes im frühen Prinzipat''. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1962. * ''Lex publica: Gesetz und Recht in der römischen Republik''. de Gruyter, Berlin 1975. * ''Die Verfassung der römischen Republik''. Paderborn, Schöningh 1975. 8. Aufl. 2000. (UTB für Wissenschaft: Uni-Taschenbücher, 460) * ''Verfassungs- und Sozialgeschichte der römischen Kaiserzeit''. 2 Bände. Paderborn, Schöningh 1978 und öfter. * ''Geschichte der Römischen Republik''. Oldenbourg, München 1980. 6. Aufl. 2004. ( Oldenbourg Grundriss der Geschichte, 2) * ''Die athenische Demokratie''. Schöningh, Paderborn 1986. 4., völlig und wesentlich erw. Aufl. 1995. * ''

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 ...

. Eine Biographie''. Fest, Berlin 1998. Sonderausgabe 2000. . English edition, ''Augustus: A Biography'', London: Penguin Random House UK, 2016. * ''Gesammelte Schriften''. 2 Bände. Steiner, Stuttgart 1998. *As editor: **Oldenbourgs Grundriß der Geschichte **Frankfurter Althistorische Studien (since 1968) **

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(since 1977)

External links

*
obituary in ''Die Welt''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bleicken, Jochen 1926 births 2005 deaths University of Göttingen faculty German male non-fiction writers 20th-century German historians Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities University of Hamburg faculty University of Kiel alumni Goethe University Frankfurt alumni Goethe University Frankfurt faculty