Karl-Wilhelm Welwei (17 October 1930 – 25 August 2013) was a
German historian. He was regarded as one of the most notable experts on the
history of Ancient Greece
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.
Biography
Welwei was born on 17 October 1930 in
Witten. He studied
history and
classical philology at the
University of Cologne. In 1963, he received a
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under the tutorage of
Hans Volkmann, and earned his
habilitation
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in 1970 at the
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
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. Between 1972 and 1996 he was
Professor of
Ancient History. Since 1993 he has been a member of the
German Archaeological Institute.
Many of Welwei's
books, including ''Die griechische Polis'', ''Athen'', ''Das klassische Athen'' have reached a standard status. The focus of his research, in addition to
Ancient Greece are the Republic and Imperial epochs of
Ancient Rome.
Works
;Books
* ''Athen. Vom neolithischen Siedlungsplatz zur archaischen Großpolis''. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1992, .
* ''Die griechische Frühzeit 2000 bis 500 v. Chr.'' (Becksche Reihe; 2185). 2nd Edition. Beck Wissen, München 2007, .
* ''Die griechische Polis. Verfassung und Gesellschaft in archaischer und klassischer Zeit''. 2nd Edition. Verlag Steiner, Stuttgart 1998, .
* ''Das klassische Athen. Demokratie und Machtpolitik im 5. und 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr.'' Primus-Verlag, Darmstadt 1999, .
* ''Sparta. Aufstieg und Niedergang einer antiken Großmacht''. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2004, .
;Essays
* ''Römische Herrschaftsideologie und augusteische Germanienpolitik''. In: ''
Gymnasium'' Volume 93, 1986, p. 118 ff.
* ''The Peloponnesian War and its Aftermath''. In: Konrad Kinzl (Hrsg.): ''A Companion to the Classical Greek World''. Blackwell, Malden, Ma. 2008, .
References
Curriculum VitaeRuhr-Universität Bochum.
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1930 births
2013 deaths
20th-century German historians
Academic staff of Ruhr University Bochum
German male non-fiction writers
21st-century German historians