Marcel Le Glay (7 May 1920,

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) – 14 August 1992.) was a 20th-century French historian and archaeologist, specializing in

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. His work focused in particular on

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and

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, especially from Latin literature epigraphic: his monumental thesis, dedicated to the cult of

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in Africa, is meeting his three favorite areas.

Career

A member of the

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from 1947 to 1949, he chose to devote himself to archeology, with a thesis on the Roman porticos and religious history, with an article on Syrian gods of the

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where he already addressed the issue of integration of provincial cults in the Roman religious universe. The work of Marcel Le Glay is important: a dozen books, and nearly two hundred articles and pamphlets, of which approximately half relates to ancient Africa. His culture, intellectual curiosity, competence were very broad and covered all of Roman history. He also devoted many studies to

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, and the

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often caught his attention. Throughout his career he managed to combine his research and scientific responsibilities with his university professor functions.

Publications

*1952: ''Cherchell, antique lol-Caesarea'' (reprint and update of the book by St. Gsell, in coll. with E.-S. Colozier), Algiers, 126 p. *1956: ''Les Religions orientales dans l'Afrique ancienne'' from the collections of Musée St. Gsell d'Alger, Algiers, 38 p. *1957: ''La Sculpture antique'' from the collections of Musée St. Gsell d'Alger, Algiers, 45 p. *1958: ''Les Portraits antiques du Musée St. Gsell d'Alger'' according to the ancient sculptures and coins (in coll. with J. Mazard), Algiers, 58 p. *1960: ''Alba Augusta Heluiorum'' (in coll. with F. Delarbre), *1962: ''Les Gaulois en Afrique'', Brussels, Collection Latomus, 44 p. *1961: ''Saturne africain, Monuments'', Paris, 2 vol., 1961, 464 p. and 1966, 366 p. *1966: ''Saturne africain, Histoire'', Befar, Paris, 522 p. *1977: ''Les Gallo-romains, dans Histoire de la France'', directed by Georges Duby, Paris, t. 1, . *1970: ''Saint-Romain-en-Gal, quartier urbain de Vienne gallo-romaine'', Lyon, 33 p. *1972: ''La Religion romaine'', Paris, 352 p.. *1975: ''La Gaule romanisée'' in ''Histoire de la France rurale'', published under the direction of

Georges Duby Georges Duby (7 October 1919 – 3 December 1996) was a French historian who specialised in the social and economic history of the Middle Ages. He ranks among the most influential medieval historians of the twentieth century and was one of Franc ...

and A. Wallon, Paris, . *1976: ''Notes d'épigraphie et d'archéologie lyonnaises'' (in coll. with A. Audin), Paris, 84 p. *1985: ''Turris Libisonis colonia lulia'' (in coll. with A. Boninu and A. Mastino), Sassari, 127 p. *1986: ''Villes, temples et sanctuaires de l'Orient romain'', Paris, 1986, 330 p. *1987: ''L'Empire romain'', (in coll. with J. Le Gall), Paris, 1987, 673 p. *1989: ''Rome, grandeur et déclin de la République'', Paris, 401 p. *1991: ''Histoire romaine'', (in coll. with

Yann Le Bohec Yann Le Bohec (26 April 1943, Carthage) is a French historian and epigraphist, specializing in ancient Rome, in particular North Africa during Antiquity and military history. Works Military History *1979: *1989: *1989: *1990: *1995: *200 ...

and J.-L. Voisin), Paris *1992: ''Rome, grandeur et chute de l'Empire'', Paris, 581 p.

References

Sources and bibliography

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, B.C.T.H.S (Bulletin du

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), Afrique du Nord, fasc. 23, 1990-1992 (1994), . * Yann Le Bohec and Jean-Louis Voisin, ''Mélanges Le Glay, L’Afrique, la Gaule, la religion à l’époque romaine'', Coll. Latomus, 1994, .

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on the site of the Académie Française {{DEFAULTSORT:Le Glay, Marcel 20th-century French historians French scholars of Roman history Academic staff of the University of Paris Academic staff of the University of Lyon Classical archaeologists French archaeologists French epigraphers People from Nord (French department) 1920 births 1992 deaths 20th-century archaeologists