Karl Julius Beloch (21 January 1854 in
Nieder-Petschkendorf – 1 February 1929 in
Rome
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) was a German
classical and
economic historian
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.
Biography
From 1872 to 1875, he studied classical philology and
ancient history
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in
Freiburg
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,
Heidelberg
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and
Rome
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, obtaining his PhD from the
University of Rome in 1875 (thesis "''Sulla costituzione politica dell'Elide''"). In 1879 he became an associate professor at Rome, where, from 1891 to 1912, he served as a full professor of ancient history. In 1912/13, he was a professor of ancient history at the
University of Leipzig
Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 Decemb ...
.
Beloch is known for his critical examinations of classical Greek and Roman history. He was skeptical of traditional sources, and frequently presented a new and subjective reconstruction of historical events. These historical beliefs placed him out of favor with several influential German scholars, particularly the famed
historian
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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 ...
(1817-1903). In 1889 Beloch was denied professorship at
Breslau, a position that had been vacated by
Eduard Meyer
Eduard Meyer (25 January 1855 – 31 August 1930) was a German historian. He was the brother of Celticist Kuno Meyer (1858–1919).
Biography
Meyer was born in Hamburg and educated at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums and later at the universi ...
(1855-1930), and instead given to
Ulrich Wilcken Ulrich Wilcken (December 18, 1862 – December 10, 1944) was a German historian and papyrologist who was a native of Stettin.
Biography
Wilcken studied ancient history and Oriental studies in Leipzig, Tübingen and Berlin. He was a disciple of ...
(1862-1944). His daughter
Margherita Beloch Piazzolla
Margherita Beloch Piazzolla (12 July 1879, in Frascati – 28 September 1976, in Rome) was an Italian mathematician who worked in algebraic geometry, algebraic topology and photogrammetry.
Biography
Beloch was the daughter of the German hist ...
was a mathematics professor in
Ferrara
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.
Among his numerous publications were a four-volume opus of
Greek history
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titled ''Griechische Geschichte'', and a systematic study involving the
demography
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Demographic analysis examines and measures the dimensions and Population dynamics, dynamics of populations; it can cover whole societies or groups ...
of the
Greco-Roman world
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called ''Die Bevölkerung der griechisch-römischen Welt''.
Selected works
* ''Das italische Bund unter Roms Hegemonie; staatsrechtliche und statistische Forschungen'' (26 editions published between 1880 and 1964 in 3 languages) – The Italic covenant of Rome's hegemony: constitutional and statistical research.
* ''Die attische Politik seit Perikles'' (34 editions published between 1884 and 1968 in German and English) – Athenian politics since
Pericles
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.
* ''Campanien : Geschichte und Topographie des antiken Neapel und seiner Umgebung'' (25 editions published between 1890 and 1964 in 3 languages) –
Campania
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: History and
topography
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of ancient
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
and surrounding areas.
* ''Griechische Geschichte'' (88 editions published between 1893 and 1967 in 5 languages) – Greek history.
** 1. Bd. ''Die Zeit vor den Perserkriegen''. -- The period before the Persian wars.
** 2. Bd. ''Bis auf die sophistische Bewegung und den Peloponnesischen Krieg''—Up until the Sophistic movement and the
Peloponnesian War
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.
** 3. Bd. ''Bis auf Aristotles und die Eroberung Asiens''. -- Prior to
Aristotle
Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of phil ...
and the conquest of Asia.
** 4. Bd. ''Die griechische Weltherrschaft''—Greek world domination.
* ''Die Bevölkerung der griechisch-römischen Welt'' (38 editions published between 1886 and 1979) – Demographics of the Greco-Roman world.
* ''Römische Geschichte bis zum Beginn der punischen Kriege'', 1926 – Roman history up to the beginning of the
Punic Wars
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.
* ''Bevölkerungsgeschichte Italiens'' (18 editions published between 1937 and 1961) – Italian demographic history.
WorldCat Identities
published works
See also
* Classical demography
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beloch, Karl Julius
German classical scholars
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1854 births
1929 deaths
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