Prosopographia Imperii Romani
The Prosopographia Imperii Romani, abbreviated PIR, is a collective historical work to establish the
History
The first edition was rapidly achieved and published in
the first edition of the PIR was edited in three volumes from 1897 to 1898.The implementation of a second edition was last updated in 1933 for publication in Berlin. The first booklet of the second edition was led by Edmund Groag and Arthur Stein[1] who brought together the letters A and B. The publication was interrupted by World War II while working on the letter F (1943). From 1952 they took the direction of Stein and then Leiva Petersen. After German unification the project found a new dynamic. It was from then on led by K. Wachtel. The fascicle concerning the letter S was then published in 2006, and T in 2009. The index of names and people integral to the PIR was in the meantime made searchable on the website of the PIR.[2]
Volume 2 of the PIR includes notes for all the well-known
For periods after the third century which the PIR does not cover, there is
References
Bibliography
- Prosopographia Imperii Romani Saec I. II. III (first edition). Part I, II, III. Berlin, 1897-1898.
- Prosopographia Imperii Romani Saec I. II. III (second edition). Berlin, 1933-2015.
- , Cambridge, 1971-1992
- ISBN 0-19-726292-9(Proceedings of the British Academy, 118).
Further reading
- Joerg Fuendling, "Review of Prosopographia Imperii Romani Saec. I. II. III. Pars viii, Fasciculus 1", Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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