Elena Mikhailovna Shtaerman (28 September 1914, in St. Petersburg – 22 October 1991, in Moscow) was a prominent Soviet scholar of Roman history and translator of ancient authors (Julius Paulus, Dionysius Cato, Publilius Syrus). She received the State Prize of the USSR.[1]

Elena Shtaerman
Born28 September 1914 Edit this on Wikidata
Saint Petersburg Edit this on Wikidata
Died22 October 1991 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 77)
Moscow Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationScientist, university teacher Edit this on Wikidata

Shtaerman studied under Nikolai Mashkin in Moscow, where she received her doctorate in 1942 and habilitation in 1956.[2] From 1950, she was an academic assistant in the ancient history section of the Historical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences.[2]

Major works

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  • "Кризис рабовладельческого строя в западных провинциях Римской империи" ("The Crisis of Slavery in the Western Provinces of the Roman Empire", 1957)
  • "Мораль и религия угнетенных классов Римской империи" ("Morality and Religion of the Oppressed Classes of the Roman Empire", 1961)
  • "Расцвет рабовладельческих отношений в Римской республике" ("The Heyday of the Slave Relations in the Roman Republic", 1964)
  • "Рабовладельческие отношения в ранней Римской империи" ("Slave Relationships in the Early Roman Empire", 1971)
  • "Кризис античной культуры" ("The Crisis of Ancient Culture", 1975)
  • "Древний Рим. Проблемы экономического развития" ("Ancient Rome. Issues of Economic Development", 1978)
  • "Социальные основы религии Древнего Рима" ("Social Basis of the Religion of Ancient Rome", 1987).

References

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  1. ^ Штаерман, Елена Михайловна (in Russian). Antiquites.academic.ru. Retrieved 24 Aug 2014.
  2. ^ a b Heinen, Heinz (4 December 2013). "Shtaerman, Elena Mikhailovna". Brill's New Pauly Supplements I - Volume 6 : History of classical Scholarship - A Biographical Dictionary. Retrieved 24 Aug 2014.