Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Michael Ivanovich Rostovtzeff: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Last updated

Facts

Also Known As Mikhail Ivanovich Rostovtsev
Born November 10, 1870 • near Kyiv • Ukraine
Died October 20, 1952 (aged 81) • New Haven • Connecticut
Subjects Of Study Greece • Roman Empire

Photos

Rostovtzeff, Michael Ivanovich
See All Images →
default image
Wilhelm Adolf Becker
German archaeologist
Augustus
Augustus
Roman emperor
Constantine I
Constantine I
Roman emperor
Marble bust of Roman emperor Tiberius showing a youthful male face with short, wavy hair and a neutral expression.
Tiberius
Roman emperor
Hadrian
Hadrian
Roman emperor
Diocletian
Diocletian
Roman emperor
Tacitus
Tacitus
Roman historian
Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon
British historian
Theodosius I
Theodosius I
Roman emperor
Bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius with his right arm raised, seated on a horse, at Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome, Italy.
Marcus Aurelius
emperor of Rome
Bust of Vespasian, found at Ostia; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
Vespasian
Roman emperor
Nero
Nero
Roman emperor
Trajan
Trajan
Roman emperor
Theodor Mommsen.
Theodor Mommsen
German historian, philologist, and legal scholar
Claudius I
Claudius
Roman emperor
Julian the Apostate
Julian
Roman emperor
Caracalla
Caracalla
Roman emperor
Detail of a marble bust of Domitian, in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome
Domitian
Roman emperor
Winckelmann, Johann
Johann Winckelmann
German art historian
Gaius Maecenas, marble bust; in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome
Gaius Maecenas
Roman diplomat and patron