Erna Diez

Erna Diez (8 April 1913 - 1 December 2001) was an Austrian classical archaeologist who undertook significant work on Roman art and the archaeology of the provinces of Noricum and Pannonia.

Early life and education Diez was born in Kaschau in 1913. Diez studied classical philology, archaeology, art history and history at the University of Vienna and graduated from the University of Graz. In 1937 she earned her doctorate, with a thesis entitled "Quomodo Valerius Maximus res in factorum and dictorum memorabilium libris IX narratas exornaverit". In 2008, a street in Graz in the district of Strassgang was named after her. The annual Erna Diez prize is awarded in her memory in art history of the archaeology of Noricum and Pannonia.

She was a corresponding member of the German Archaeological institute.

Selected publications Flavia Solva : die Römischen Steindenkmäler auf Schlosz Seggau bei Leibnitz. Österreichisches archaeologisches Institut. Kunstprovinzen im römischen Imperium : ausgewählte Schriften. Wien: Phoibos Verlag.