Werner Huß (8 September 1936 – 21 April 2023)[1] was a German ancient historian.
Werner Huß received a doctorate in Roman Catholic theology in 1967 and his habilitation in ancient history in 1975 at Munich with the work Untersuchungen zur Außenpolitik Ptolemaios' IV.
He taught as Professor Ordinarius of Ancient History at the University of Bamberg from 1978 until his retirement in 2001.
He is co-editor of the Münchener Beiträge zur Papyrusforschung und antiken Rechtsgeschichte (Munich Contributions to Papyrology and Ancient Legal History).
His most important works are the Geschichte der Karthager (History of the Carthaginians) and Ägypten in hellenistischer Zeit 332-30 v. Chr.