August Treboniu Laurian și substanțiala sa contribuție la cercetarea și cunoașterea istoriei Banatului medieval
August Treboniu Laurian and His Substantial Contribution to the Research and Knowledge of the History of Medieval Banat

Summary/Abstract: Among the important Romanian scholars who share a special interest and passion for the research of the past of the Romanian province of Banat is the valuable Transylvanian teacher and historian Victor Motogna. Born on 17 June 1810 in Fofeldea village, Sibiu County, August Treboniu Laurian studied at Sibiu and Cluj, and then attended university in Vienna, Hanover, and Göttingen. From 1842, he taught Philosophy and Latin at ’St. Sava’s high school, Bucharest. During that period, he came into contact with Nicolae Bălcescu, and together they founded the Literary Association of Bucharest. They also founded and edited the prestigious publication ‘Magazin istoric pentru Dacia’ in 1845. Playing a major role in the mediations between the Romanian and Hungarian revolutionaries, August Treboniu Laurian was an important leader of the Transylvanian revolution of 1848-1849. Later, he served as a diplomat at the Court in Vienna. Back in Bucharest, he was the School general inspector 155 (from 1851), and teacher of classical languages at ’St. Sava’s high school and School Ephor (1859). In 1864, he made a significant contribution to the foundation of the University of Bucharest, where he was the first professor of Latin and the first dean of the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy (1864-1881). In 1867, August Treboniu Laurian was one of the important founders of the Romanian Academy, being elected twice as its president (1870-1872;1874-1876). His major work, History of the Romanians, was published in eight volumes, starting in 1853, and it deals with the history of the Romanian people from the Dacian epoch to the regulation rules. His most important work on the history of the Banat is Temisiana or a short history of the Temisianu Banat, Bucureşti, 1848. August Treboni Laurian died in Bucharest on 25 February 1881.

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