Johann Daniel Ritter

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Johann Daniel Ritter (October 16, 1709 in Schlanz – May 15, 1775 in Wittenberg) was a German historian.

In 1732 he received his

University of Wittenberg.[1]

From 1736 to 1745 he edited the Codex Theodosianus.[2]

Selected works

  • De Fetialibus Populi Romani, Leipzig 1732 (dissertation).
  • De Marcio primo Pontifice M. & Familia Marcia, Leipzig 1733
  • Observationes Criticas complectens, Leipzig 1735
  • Observationes historicae praemissae orationi aditiali, 1742.
  • Historia praefecturae praetorianae ab origine dignitatis ad Constantinum M., 1745.[3]

In 1780 Johann Matthias Schröckh published Ritter's "Aelteste Meisnische Geschichte bis auf Heinrich den Erlauchten" (The history of Meissen up to the time of Henry III).[4]

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