What Does a Classical Archaeologist Do?

Becker, a German classical archeologist and a professor at the University of Leipzig, has left his name for generations after writing about the daily life of the ancient Romans and ancient Greeks.

Becker

(German classical archeologist)

He was in Schulpforta and

He published the story of a Roman youth, Gallus (1838). Born from Suetonius's Life of Augustus, this book is a classic work in this field after adding details to cover all aspects of Roman life and customs Its English translation was published in 10 editions from 1844 to 1891. A similar work, Charikles (1840) on the life of the ancient Greeks, was equally successful. His five-volume collection Handbook of Roman Antiquities (Handbuch der romischen Altertumer, 1843 ~ 1868) was completed by the classical scholars Theodor Mommsen and Joachim Marquardt.