Maurice Sartre (born 3 October 1944) is a French historian, an Emeritus professor of ancient history at the

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, a specialist in ancient Greek and Eastern Roman history, especially the

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Middle East, from

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Contribution to the history of the ancient Near East

Maurice Sartre has written extensively on the history of the Middle East and the

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in Ancient history. He also published several volumes of Greek and Latin inscriptions from Syria and Jordania. Currently associate researcher at the

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(IFPO), and starting from 1997 he was for many years the editor of ''

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'', the prestigious journal of archaeology, art and history published by this institution.

Selected works

*1982: ''Trois Études sur l'Arabie romaine et byzantine'', Brussels, Latomus, *1985: ''Bostra des origines à l'Islam'', Paris, Geuthner, *1985: ''Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie'', tome XIII/1 : ''Bostra'', Geuthner, *1991: ''L’Orient romain. Provinces et sociétés provinciales en Méditerranée orientale d’Auguste aux Sévères (31 avant J.-C. – 235 après J.-C.)'', éd. Le Seuil. *1991: ''La Méditerranée antique : IIIe/IIIe'', Armand Colin. *1993: ''Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Jordanie'', t. IV : ''Pétra et la Nabatène méridionale'', Beyrouth, IFAPO. *1995: ''L’Asie Mineure et l’Anatolie d’Alexandre à Dioclétien (IVe - IIIe''), Armand Colin, coll. « U ». *2001: ''D'Alexandre à Zénobie : Histoire du Levant antique, IVe avant Jésus-Christ - IIIe après Jésus-Christ'', éd.

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. *2002: ''La Syrie antique'', coll. «

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» (nº 426), série Histoire. Paris: Gallimard. *2003: ''L'Anatolie hellénistique de l'Égée au Caucase (334-31 av JC)'', éd.

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. *2005: ''The Middle East under Rome'', éd.

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, Cambridge (Mass.), 2005 (partial US edition of ''D'Alexandre à Zénobie''). *2006: ''Histoires grecques'', éd. Le Seuil. *2008: ''Palmyre : La cité des caravanes'' (with Annie Sartre-Fauriat), éd. Gallimard, coll. «

» (nº 523), série Archéologie. *2009: Maurice Sartre, Annie Sartre-Fauriat, Patrice Brun (dir.), ''Dictionnaire du Monde grec antique'', Paris, Larousse, coll. « In extenso ». *2011: Xavier Lafon, Jean-Yves Marc, Maurice Sartre, ''La Ville antique'', Paris, Seuil, coll. « Points Histoire / Histoire de l’Europe urbaine¹ », . *2011: ''Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie'', tome XIII/2 : ''Bostra (Supplément) et la plaine de la Nuqrah'', Beyrouth, Ifpo. *2013: Annie Sartre-Fauriat et Maurice Sartre ''Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie'', tome XV : ''Le Plateau du Trachôn'', Beyrouth, Ifpo, 7, 2 vol. *2011: « Entretien : Maurice Sartre et le métier d’historien », ', n° 13, .

References

External links

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Publications de Sartre Maurice
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