Maurice Euzennat (15 Novembre 1926 – 25 July 2004) was a French historian and archaeologist.

Career

After he passed his agrégation in history and resided at the école française de Rome between 1951 and 1954, Maurice Euzennat made a part of his career in Morocco. Back in 1963, he created a French department of underwater archeology and activated the ship ''Archéonaute''. Maurice Euzennat worked on the history and civilization of

ancient Rome In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 B ...

North Africa during Antiquity The History of North Africa during the period of Classical Antiquity (c. 8th century BCE – 5th century CE) can be divided roughly into the history of Egypt in the east, the history of Ancient Libya in the middle and the history of Numidia and Ma ...

and also

Gallia Narbonensis Gallia Narbonensis (Latin for "Gaul of Narbonne", from its chief settlement) was a Roman province located in what is now Languedoc and Provence, in Southern France. It was also known as Provincia Nostra ("Our Province"), because it was the ...

. He led

excavations In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains. An excavation site or "dig" is the area being studied. These locations range from one to several areas at a time during a project and can be condu ...

including one on the archaeological site of

Volubilis Volubilis (; ar, وليلي, walīlī; ber, ⵡⵍⵉⵍⵉ, wlili) is a partly excavated Berber-Roman city in Morocco situated near the city of Meknes, and may have been the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania, at least from the time of Kin ...

. In addition, he conducted a study of Hanno's voyage.

Bibliography

* Jean-Pierre Callu: ''Allocution à la mémoire de M. Maurice Euzennat, membre de l’Académie''. In '' Comptes rendus des séances de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres''. 148. Jahrgang (2004), p. 1180 * Georges Souville: ''Maurice Euzennat (19262004)''. In: ''Antiquités Africaines''. Volume 41–42 (2004–2005), p. 5.

External links

EUZENNAT Maurice, Joseph, Gaston
on Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres

on BiblioMonde
Biography

''Maurice Euzennat et le Maroc antique''
on Persée
''Bibliographie de Maurice Euzennat''
on Persée {{DEFAULTSORT:Euzennat, Maurice 1926 births People from Seine-Maritime 2004 deaths French archaeologists French scholars of Roman history Historians of antiquity Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Chevaliers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques Officiers of the Légion d'honneur 20th-century archaeologists