Werner Huß
Werner Huß is a German ancient historian.
Werner Huß received a doctorate in Roman Catholic theology in 1967 and his habilitation in ancient history in 1975 at Munich with the work Untersuchungen zur Außenpolitik Ptolemaios' IV.. He taught as Professor Ordinarius of Ancient History at the University of Bamberg from 1978 until his retirement in 2001. He is co-editor of the Münchener Beiträge zur Papyrusforschung und antiken Rechtsgeschichte.
Huß's main research areas are Carthaginian history, Hellenistic history and ancient religious history. His most important works are the Geschichte der Karthager and Ägypten in hellenistischer Zeit 332-30 v. Chr..
Werner Huß is the father of Medieval Latinist history Bernhard Huß.Selected works
- Untersuchungen zur Außenpolitik Ptolemaios' IV. Beck, Munich 1976,.
- With Karl Strobel: Beiträge zur Geschichte. Bayerische Verlagsanstalt, Bamberg 1983,.
- Geschichte der Karthager. Beck, München 1985,.
- * also in Spanish and Italian translation and in the series Beck'sche Sonderausgaben as: Die Karthager. Beck, München 1990,.
- Karthago. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1992,.
- Der makedonische König und die ägyptischen Priester. Steiner, Stuttgart 1994,.
- Ägypten in hellenistischer Zeit 332–30 v. Chr. Beck, München 2001, .
- Die Verwaltung des ptolemaiischen Reichs. Beck, München 2011,.
- Die Wirtschaft Ägyptens in hellenistischer Zeit. Beck, München 2012,.
