Momigliano biography of martin

Italian historian of classical antiquity (–)

Arnaldo Dante Momigliano (5 September – 1 September ) was an Italian historian of classical antiquity, known for his work in historiography, and characterised by Donald Kagan as "the world's leading student of the writing of history in the ancient world".^[1] He was a MacArthur Fellow in ^[2]

Biography

Momigliano was born on 5 September in Caraglio, Piedmont.

Momigliano biography of martin

In , he became Professor of Roman History at the University of Turin, but as a Jew, soon lost his position due to the anti-Jewish Racial Laws enacted by the Fascist regime in , and moved to England, where he remained. After a time at Oxford University, he taught Ancient History at the University of Bristol where he was made a lecturer in He went to University College London and was elected Chair of Ancient History from to He was a Fellow of the Warburg Institute and supervised the PhD of Wolf Liebeschuetz.

Momigliano visited regularly at