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 literatur ...

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

Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres The () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the . The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigraphy) and historical literature (see Belles-lettres). History ...

(1938).

Biography

Eugène Albertini was 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 ...

, where he won the Latin essay prize at the

concours général In France, the Concours Général (), created in 1747, 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 genera ...

, a former student of

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

(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 ...

(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 ), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (), is a public university, public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The university was founded in 1 ...

in Switzerland, he succeeded in 1920 to

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

at the Faculty of Letters of Algiers as holder of the Chair of Antiquities of Africa that Stéphane Gsell 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 (), formerly known as the or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment () in France. It is located in Paris near La Sorbonne. The has been considered to be France's most ...

then was responsible in 1936 and 1937 of the course of

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

at the new

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (, UFRJ) is a public university, public research university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the largest federal university in the country and is one of the Brazilian centers of excellence in teaching and r ...

. 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 personal secretive thoughts and as open book to personal therapy or used to feel connected to onesel ...

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

Vandals The Vandals were a Germanic people who were first reported in the written records as inhabitants of what is now Poland, during the period of the Roman Empire. Much later, in the fifth century, a group of Vandals led by kings established Vand ...

period (called since the ) discovered in the

Tébessa Tébessa or Tebessa ( ''Tibissa'', ''Tbessa'' or ''Tibesti''), the classical Theveste, is the capital city of Tébessa Province in northeastern Algeria, near the border with Tunisia. It hosts several historical landmarks, the most important o ...

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'' (; 1843–1944) was a French language, French illustrated weekly newspaper published in Paris. It was founded by Édouard Charton with the first issue published on 4 March 1843, it became the first illustrated newspaper in ...

'', 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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