Karl Julius Beloch

Karl Julius Beloch (21 January 1854 – 1 February 1929) was a German classical and economic historian.

He was skeptical of traditional sources, and frequently presented a new and subjective reconstruction of historical events.

These historical beliefs placed him out of favor with several influential German scholars, particularly the famed historian Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903).

In 1889 Beloch was denied professorship at Breslau, a position that had been vacated by Eduard Meyer (1855-1930), and instead given to Ulrich Wilcken (1862-1944).

Among his numerous publications were a four-volume opus of Greek history titled Griechische Geschichte, and a systematic study involving the demography of the Greco-Roman world called Die Bevölkerung der griechisch-römischen Welt.