Michael Rostovtzeff
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2013) Michael Rostovtzeff Michael Rostovtzeff Born Mikhail Ivanovich Rostovtzeff November 10 [O.S. October 29] 1870 Zhitomir, Ukraine Died October 20, 1952(1952-10-20) (aged 81) New Haven, USA Citizenship USA Nationality Russia Fields Archaeology, History, Ancient History Institutions University of St. Petersburg Mikhail Ivanovich Rostovtzeff, or Rostovtsev (Russian: Михаи л Ива нович Росто вцев) (November 10 [O.S. October 29] 1870, Zhitomir, Ukraine – October 20, 1952, New Haven, USA) was an ancient historian whose career straddled the 19th and 20th centuries and who produced important works on ancient Roman and Greek history. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Science.