[2] She received her doctorate in the winter of 1966/67 after writing a dissertation on the role of women at the royal court during the reign of Trajan;[2] this broke new ground in German-language ancient history, which was not yet accustomed to applying gender studies to the topic.
[3] She subsequently researched the regulations of succession in the Roman Empire, attempting to reconcile the differences in the available historical and archaeological material, and for this unpublished work received her habilitation from the university in 1975.
[6] Her work is characterised by foresighted application of gender-based research, combined with close analysis of not only textual but archaeological and numismatic evidence, showing the great influence Vogt's teachings had on her approach.
[7] During this time, Temporini was the co-editor of two internationally significant publications: the Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt (ANRW; Rise and Decline of the Roman World in English), and the academic journal Historia.
Temporini played a key role in setting up the ANRW, which began in 1972 as a festschrift in honour of her mentor Vogt; she edited the first volumes on her own and was later joined by classical philologist Wolfgang Haase.