Joseph Vogt

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1895 – 1986

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Who was Joseph Vogt?

Joseph Vogt was a German classical historian, one of the leading 20th century experts on Roman history.

Following his studies at the universities of Tübingen and Berlin, he earned his doctorate in history in 1921 and his Habilitation in 1923. Subsequently he became Professor of Classical History at the University of Tübingen. He was Professor at the universities of Würzburg, Breslau, Tübingen and Freiburg im Breisgau, before he returned to Tübingen again in 1946 and taught there until his retirement in 1963.

Joseph Vogt is well known for his works on the Roman Republic and the era of Constantine I. In 1950, he led a major research project on slavery in the antiquity at the Mainz Academy of Sciences. He joined the Nazi party during the years 1940-1945 and adopted the racial theories en vogue at the time. In this context, he described the history of the Roman world as the result of the struggle between the superior 'aryan' Roman race and the 'Semitic' Phoenician sub-race.Thus in the preface of his edited volume entitled 'Rom und Karthago' Joseph Vogt states that "Surrounded by races of sailors from Asia Minor, Rome often had to draw its sword to assert its power.

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Born
Jun 23, 1895
Schechingen
Nationality
  • Germany
Died
Jul 14, 1986
Tübingen

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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