Franz Altheim

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Franz Altheim
Born(1898-10-06)6 October 1898
Frankfurt, German Empire
Died17 October 1976(1976-10-17) (aged 78)
Münster, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Academic background
Alma mater
  • University of Frankfurt
ThesisDie Komposition der Politik des Aristoteles (1921)
Doctoral advisor
Other advisors
Academic work
Discipline
  • Philology
Sub-discipline
  • Classical philology
Institutions
Notable studentsRuth Altheim-Stiehl
Main interestsHistory of classical antiquity

Franz Altheim (6 October 1898 – 17 October 1976) was a German

classical philologist and historian who specialized in the history of classical antiquity. During the 1930s and 1940s, Altheim served the Nazi state as a member of Ahnenerbe, a think tank controlled by the Schutzstaffel (SS), the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, and as a spy for the SS.[1]

Early life and education

Franz Altheim was born in

Wilhelm II, possibly by Frobenius.[3] Wilhelm was then living at Doorn, Netherlands, where Altheim became a frequent visitor.[3] Altheim was also a member of the George-Kreis
.

Career

Altheim worked as a private lecturer at the University of Frankfurt from 1928 to 1935.

University of Halle
. In 1937, Altheim was Associate Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Halle.

A member of the Sturmabteilung, Altheim conducted research projects with Ahnenerbe financing in the 1930s. With his partner Erika Trautmann, Altheim went on research expeditions to Italy, Sweden, Romania and the Middle East, during which he prepared reports for the Sicherheitsdienst. In 1943, Altheim was appointed Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Halle. His research centered on the history of classical antiquity, and many of his monographs on this subject were translated into other languages.

Altheim was dismissed from the University of Halle after World War II, but was soon reinstated. In 1948 he was appointed Professor of Ancient History at the University of Halle. In 1950, Altheim was appointed Chair of Ancient History at the newly created Free University of Berlin. After retiring in 1964, Altheim moved to Münster, where he died on 17 October 1976. He was survived by Ruth Altheim-Stiehl, his student and adoptive daughter.

Selected works

  • Griechische Götter im alten Rom, 1930
  • Terra Mater, 1931
  • Römische Religionsgeschichte, 1931–1933
  • Epochen der römischen Geschichte, 1934–1935
  • Lex sacrata, 1939
  • Die Soldatenkaiser, 1939
  • (with Erika Trautmann): Vom Ursprung der Runen, 1939
  • (with Erika Trautmann): Italien und die dorische Wanderung, 1940
  • Italien und Rom, 1941
  • Rom und der Hellenismus, 1942
  • Helios und Heliodor von Emesa, 1942
  • (with Erika Trautmann-Nehring): Kimbern und Runen. Untersuchungen zur Ursprungsfrage der Runen, 1942
  • Die Krise der alten Welt im 3. Jahrhundert n. Zw. und ihre Ursachen, 1943
  • Goten und Finnen im dritten und vierten Jahrhundert, 1944
  • Weltgeschichte Asiens im griechischen Zeitalter, 1947–1948
  • Römische Geschichte, 1948–1958
  • Literatur und Gesellschaft im ausgehenden Altertum, 1948–1950
  • Der Ursprung der Etrusker, 1950
  • Roman und Dekadenz, 1951
  • Geschichte der lateinischen Sprache, 1951
  • Aus Spätantike und Christentum, 1951
  • Attila und die Hunnen, 1951
  • Niedergang der alten Welt, 1952
  • (with Ruth Stiehl): Asien und Rom, 1952
  • Alexander und Asien, 1953
  • Gesicht vom Abend und Morgen, 1954
  • (with Ruth Stiehl): Ein asiatischer Staat, 1954
  • Reich gegen Mitternacht, 1955
  • Der unbesiegte Gott, 1957
  • Utopie und Wirtschaft, 1957
  • (with Ruth Stiehl): Finanzgeschichte der Spätantike, 1957
  • (with Ruth Stiehl): Philologia sacra, 1958
  • (with Ruth Stiehl): Die aramäische Sprache unter den Achaimeniden, 1959–1963
  • Geschichte der Hunnen, 1959–1962
  • Zarathustra und Alexander, 1960
  • Entwicklungshilfe im Altertum, 1962
  • Die Araber in der alten Welt, 1964–1969
  • (with Ruth Stiehl): Geschichte Mittelasiens im Altertum, 1970
  • (with Ruth Stiehl): Christentum am Roten Meer, 1971–1973

See also

References

  1. ISBN 1401383866
    .
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Pringle 2006, p. 125.
  3. ^ a b c d Pringle 2006, p. 126.

Sources

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