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Marinus Antony Wes (Lochem, January 13, 1939 - Groningen, October 1, 2008) was a Dutch ancient historian.

Wes grew up in Lochem. He went through the Hogere Burgerschoo l in Zutphen and then took the Gymages ​​at Leiden University. There he obtained his doctorate with Wim den Boer in 1967 with a dissertation that dealt with the end of the Roman Empire. He then became a lecturer in Ancient History at the same university. In 1975 he was appointed professor of Ancient History at the University of Groningen, succeeding Elizabeth Visser. He would remain so until his retirement in 2004.

Wes published extensively on classical antiquity. For example, he published a voluminous book on classical antiquity in Russia. He also wrote a biography of the Russian ancient historian Michael Rostovtzeff who had emigrated to the United States. In addition, he published several translations of classical texts. His translation of all the works of Flavius ​​Josephus is his most famous translation.