Josef Wiesehöfer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Josef Wiesehöfer

German historian of classical antiquity

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1951

Place of Birth: Wickede, Free State of Prussia, Germany

Profession: university teacher, classical scholar, historian of classical antiquity

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Josef Wiesehöfer

  • Josef Wiesehöfer (born April 5, 1951 in Wickede, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German classical scholar and current professor of Ancient history at the Department of Classics (Institut für Klassische Altertumskunde) of the University of Kiel.
  • He is an internationally renowned expert on the history of pre-Islamic Persia and the forms of contact between the Greek and Roman World and the Ancient Near East.
  • His most famous publication is Ancient Persia, 550 BC to 650 AD (London - New York 2001).

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