Eugène Albertini (2 October 1880 – 15 February 1941) was a 20th-century French teacher in

Latin literature Latin literature includes the essays, histories, poems, plays, and other writings written in the Latin language. The beginning of formal Latin literature dates to 240 BC, when the first stage play in Latin was performed in Rome. Latin literature ...

, a historian of ancient Rome, especially for North Africa and an . He was 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 ...

(1938).

Biography

Eugène Albertini is a student at the

Lycée Henri-IV The Lycée Henri-IV is a public secondary school located in Paris. Along with the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, it is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious and demanding sixth-form colleges (''lycées'') in France. The school educates more than ...

, where he won the Latin essay prize at the

concours général In France, the Concours Général is the most prestigious academic competition held every year between students of ''Première'' (11th grade) and ''Terminale'' (12th and final grade) in almost all subjects taught in both general, technological and ...

, a former student of

École Normale Supérieure École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

(1900–1903), and a former 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 ...

(1903–1906). He started working as a teacher at the Lycée de Nantes (1906–1907) and the Lycée de Vesoul (1907–1909), then turned to research by integrating the Institute of Hispanic Studies (1909–1912). He was mobilized from 1914 to 1919, then after going to the chair of Latin literature of the

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public university, public research university located in Freiburg im Breisg ...

in Switzerland, he succeeded in 1920 to

Jérôme Carcopino Jérôme Carcopino (27 June 1881 – 17 March 1970) was a French historian and author. He was the fifteenth member elected to occupy seat 3 of the Académie française, in 1955. Biography Carcopino was born at Verneuil-sur-Avre, Eure, son of a d ...

at the Faculty of Letters of Algiers as holder of the Chair of Antiquities of Africa that

Stéphane Gsell Stéphane Gsell (7 February 1864 – 1 January 1932) was a French historian and archaeologist. He was a specialist in ancient Africa and Roman Algeria. His main work is ''L'Histoire ancienne de l'Afrique du Nord'' (1913-1929). Principal publi ...

had illustrated. From 1923 to 1932, he was Director of Antiquities of Algeria, during which period he contributed to the drafting of the ''Corpus des Inscriptions latines d'Algérie''. From 1932 to 1935, he held the chair of Roman civilization 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 ...

then was responsible in 1936 and 1937 of the course of

Roman history The history of Rome includes the history of the city of Rome as well as the civilisation of ancient Rome. Roman history has been influential on the modern world, especially in the history of the Catholic Church, and Roman law has influenced ma ...

at the new

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro or University of Brazil (UFRJ; pt, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro or ') is a public research university located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the largest federal university in the ...

. He is the author of numerous articles on the antiquities of Algeria published in the ''Bulletin archéologique du Comité des travaux historiques'', the ', the ''

Journal des savants A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, a method of personal organization *Diary, a record of what happened over the course of a day or other period *Daybook, also known as a general journal, a ...

'', among others in 1928 an article on acts of sale of the 5th century of the

Vandals The Vandals were a Germanic peoples, Germanic people who first inhabited what is now southern Poland. They established Vandal Kingdom, Vandal kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean islands, and North Africa in the fifth century. The ...

period (called since the ) discovered in the

Tébessa Tébessa or Tebessa ( ar, تبسة ''Tibissa'', ''Tbessa'' or ''Tibesti''), the classical Theveste, is the capital city of Tébessa Province region of northeastern Algeria. It hosts several historical landmarks, the most important one being the w ...

region, the ''Revue africaine'', the ''Recueil de la Société archéologique de Constantine'', the ''Bulletin de la Société de géographie d'Oran'', etc.

Main publications

*1923: ''La Composition dans les ouvrages philosophiques de Sénèque'' (thesis, Sorbonne) *1923: ''Les Divisions administratives de l'Espagne romaine'' (secondary thesis, Sorbonne) *1929: ''L'Empire romain'' (reprinted in 1938 and 1940) *1930: ''Les ruines romaines d'Algérie'', in ''

L'Illustration ''L'Illustration'' was a weekly French language, French newspaper published in Paris from 1843 to 1944. It was founded by Édouard Charton with the first issue published on 4 March 1843, it became the first illustrated newspaper in France then, a ...

'', 24 May *1931: ''L'Algérie antique'' (in ''Histoire et historiens de l'Algérie'') *1937: ''L'Afrique romaine'' *1937: ''L'Afrique du Nord française dans l'histoire''. With Georges Marçais and Georges Yver.

References

Bibliography

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External links

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