Emil Ritterling

Emil Ritterling was a German historian and archaeologist.
He studied classical philology and history at the universities of Bonn and Leipzig, and afterwards worked for several years as a librarian in Berlin. In 1892 he relocated to Wiesbaden, where he eventually became a member of the Imperial Limes Commission. In 1899–1911 and 1915–23 he was director of the Nassau Regional Museum of [Archaeology in Wiesbaden], and from 1911 to 1914 was head of Roman-Germanic Commission of the German Archaeological Institute in Frankfurt am Main. In 1902 he received the title of professor.

Selected works

', 1885 - The Legio X Gemina.Römische Münzen aus Wiesbaden und Umgegend im Altertums-Museum zu Wiesbaden, 1896 - Roman coins from Wiesbaden and its environs at the Antiquities Museum in Wiesbaden.Zum römischen Heerwesen des ausgehenden dritten Jahrhunderts, 1903 - On the Roman army of the third century.Das frührömische lager bei Hofheim im Taunus, 1904 - An early Roman camp at Hofheim am Taunus.Das Kastell Niederbieber Ausgrabungsbericht, 1912 - The castle at Niederbieber excavation report.

', 1919 - An official badge of beneficiarii consularis in the museum at Wiesbaden.Fasti des römischen Deutschland unter dem Prinzipat - Fasti of Roman Germania under the Principate.Die kaiserlichen Beamten und Truppenkörper im römischen Deutschland unter dem Prinzipat - The imperial officials and troops in Roman Germania under the Principate.