Waldemar Heckel

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Waldemar Heckel
Born1949 (1949)
Academic background
EducationMcMaster University (MA, 1973)
University of British Columbia (PhD, 1978)
Academic work
DisciplineGreek history
InstitutionsUniversity of Calgary (retired)

Waldemar Heckel (born 1949) is a Canadian historian.

Heckel was born in

Vancouver, British Columbia. His dissertation on the "marshals" of Alexander the Great also formed the basis for his 1992 work on this subject. Heckel is internationally regarded as a researcher on Alexander the Great, and has published numerous works on this. Other focal points of his research are ancient Greek history and ancient Greek warfare
.

Until his retirement in late 2013, Heckel taught as a professor of ancient history at the University of Calgary.

Selected publications

Monographs

  • The Conquests of Alexander the Great. Cambridge Univ. Press, 2007.[1]
  • Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great. Prosopography of Alexander's empire. Blackwell, 2006.[2]
  • The Marshals of Alexander's empire. Routledge, 1992; 2nd ed., Alexander’s Marshals: A Study of the Makedonian Aristocracy and the Politics of Military Leadership, 2016.[3]
  • The Last Days and Testament of Alexander the Great: A Prosopographic Study. Stuttgart: Steiner, 1988.[4]

Commentary and translation

  • Livy: The Dawn of the Roman Empire (Books 31-40). Translated by JC Yardley, comment by Waldemar Heckel. Oxford University Press, 2000.[5]
  • Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus. Volume I, Books 11-12: Alexander the Great, 1997; Volume II: Books 13-15: The Successors to Alexander the Great, 2011. Translated by JC Yardley, comment by Waldemar Heckel. Oxford Univ. Press.[6]
  • Quintus Curtius Rufus: The History of Alexander. Translated by JC Yardley, with introduction, notes and commentary by Waldemar Heckel. Penguin, 1984; corrected edition 2001 (several reprints).[7]

Edited volumes

  • Alexander the Great. A New History. Edited with Lawrence A. Tritle. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.[8]
  • Alexander the Great. Historical Sources in Translation. Edited with John C. Yardley. Blackwell, 2004.[9]
  • Crossroads of History: The Age of Alexander. Edited with Lawrence A. Tritle. Regina Books, 2003.[10]
  • Ancient Coins of the Graeco-Roman World: The Nickle Numismatic Papers. Edited with Richard Sullivan. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 1984.[11]

References

  1. JSTOR 23270362.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link
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  2. ProQuest 222301899.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link
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  3. JSTOR 41654450.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) Erskine, Andrew (2017). "Review"
    . Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 2017.09.19.
  4. ProQuest 1300465502.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link
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  5. ^ Jacobs, John (2007). "Review of Livy: The Dawn of the Roman Empire". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 2007.07.14.
  6. JSTOR 24699715.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) Burstein, Stanley (1999). "Review". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 1999.05.12. Rzepka, Jacek (2013). "Review"
    . Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 2013.04.08.
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  9. JSTOR 3662357. Lendering, Jona (2004). "Review"
    . Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 2004.02.13.
  10. ^ Gilley, Dawn (2005). "Review". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 2005.03.05.
  11. JSTOR 1088861.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link
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