Camille Jullian (15 March 1859 – 12 December 1933) was a French

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and historian of literature. A Professor of ancient history and classics at the

University of Bordeaux The University of Bordeaux (French: ''Université de Bordeaux'') is a public university based in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It has several campuses in the cities and towns of Bordeaux, Dax, Gradignan, Périgueux, Pessac, and Ta ...

from 1891, Jullian was awarded a chair at the

Collège de France The Collège de France (), formerly known as the ''Collège Royal'' or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment (''grand établissement'') in France. It is located in Paris ne ...

in 1905, where he taught national antiquities until 1930. He was made

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in 1926, and was elected to the

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in 1924. Jullian is the author of a monumental ''Histoire de la Gaule'', published in eight volumes between 1907 and 1928, which has influenced Celtic studies throughout the 20th century.

Biography

Camille Louis Jullian was born on 15 March 1859 in

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

, the son of Camille Jullian, a merchant and banker, and Marie Rouvière. Jullian came from a

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family of farmers originally from

Calvisson Calvisson (; Provençal: ''Cauviçon'') is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitanie region in southern France. It lies between Nîmes, Montpellier, the Cevennes and the Camargue and has a strong Protestant history. Geography C ...

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, where he earned an

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in history and geography in 1880. Jullian was a member of the

École française de Rome The École française de Rome (EFR) is a French research institute for history, archaeology, and the social sciences; overseen by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and a division of the Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et d ...

between 1880 and 1882. He became Doctor in Literature in March 1884. Jullian taught ancient history and classics at the

between 1883 and 1905, becoming Professor in 1891, then was elected to the

in 1905, where he taught national antiquities until 1930. Jullian became a member of the

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions ( epig ...

in 1908, was made

in 1926, and was elected to the

Académie Française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

in 1924.

Jullian was involved with the controversy over the archaeological findings at Glozel in France; he was among those who believed the artefacts recovered were forgeries. He died on 12 December 1933 in the

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Personal life

Jullian was a

. He held

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and

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views. In April 1890, Jullian married Jeanne Azam, the daughter of Étienne Azam, Professor of Medicine, and Anne Rolland. They had a daughter named Suzanne. The latter married a man named Simounet, a war veteran who ended his life in poverty; their son, the author

Philippe Jullian Philippe Jullian (real name: ''Philippe Simounet''; 11 July 1919 – 25 September 1977) was a French illustrator, art historian, biographer, aesthete, novelist and dandy. Early life Jullian was born in Bordeaux in 1919. His maternal grandfather ...

, took instead his grandfather's name.

Works

On Bordeaux and Gironde

* ''Étude d'épigraphie bordelaise. Les Bordelais dans l'armée romaine. Notes concernant les inscriptions de Bordeaux extraites des papiers de M. de Lamontagne'', 1884 * ''Les antiquités de Bordeaux'' (Revue archéologique), 1885 * ''Inscriptions romaines de Bordeaux'', 1887-1890 ^{vailable online on the Cujas Library website
Vol. IVol. II} * ''Ausone et Bordeaux. Études sur les derniers temps de la Gaule romaine'', 189
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* ''Histoire de Bordeaux depuis les origines jusqu'en 1895'', 189
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Works on Gauls

* ''De protectoribus et domesticis augustorum'', 1883 * ''Histoire des institutions politiques de l'ancienne France, de Fustel de Coulanges'' (posthumous edition of his works), 1890 * ''Gallia, tableau sommaire de la Gaule sous la domination romaine'', Hachette, 1892 * ''Fréjus romain'', 1886 * ''Notes d'épigraphie'', 1886 * ''Les transformations politiques de l'Italie sous les empereurs romains, 43 av JC-330 après J.-C.'', 1884 * ''Extraits des historiens du XIXe'', publiés, annotés et précédés d'une introduction sur l'histoire de France, 1897 * ''Inscriptiones Galliae narbonensis Latinae (CIL XII)'', en collaboration, 1899 * * ''La politique romaine en Provence (218-59 avant notre ère)'', 1901 * ''Recherches sur la religion gauloise'', 1903 * ''Plaidoyer pour la préhistoire'', 1907 * ''Les anciens dieux de l'Occident'', 1913 * ''Les Paris des Romains. Les Arènes. Les Thermes'', 1924 * ''Histoire de la Gaule'', rééd. Hachette, Coll. Références, 1993, 1270 pages, () * ''Au seuil de notre histoire. Leçons faites au Collège de France'', 1905–1930, 3 vol. 1930-1931 *

Patriotic works

* ''Le Rhin gaulois : le Rhin français'', 1915 * ''Pas de paix avec Hohenzollern. À un ami du front'', 1918 * ''La guerre pour la patrie'', 1919 * ''Aimons la France, conférences : 1914-1919'', 1920 * ''De la Gaule à la France. Nos origines historiques'', 1922

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Julian, Camille 1859 births 1933 deaths Writers from Marseille 19th-century French historians 20th-century French historians French philologists French archaeologists École Normale Supérieure alumni Members of the Académie Française Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Recipients of the Legion of Honour French epigraphers Celtic studies scholars