Pierre Salama (2 January 1917 – 2 April 2009) was a French historian and archaeologist, specialist of

Roman roads in Africa Almost all Roman roads in Africa were built in the first two centuries AD. In 14 AD Legio III Augusta completed a road from Tacape to Ammaedara: the first Roman road in Africa. In 42 AD, the kingdom of Mauretania was annexed by Rome. Emperor Cl ...

as well as

milestone A milestone is a numbered marker placed on a route such as a road, railway line, canal or boundary. They can indicate the distance to towns, cities, and other places or landmarks; or they can give their position on the route relative to so ...

s. An

epigrapher Epigraphy () is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the wr ...

numismatist A numismatist is a specialist in numismatics ("of coins"; from Late Latin ''numismatis'', genitive of ''numisma''). Numismatists include collectors, specialist dealers, and scholars who use coins and other currency in object-based research. Altho ...

, he was also a specialist of

historical geography Historical geography is the branch of geography that studies the ways in which geographic phenomena have changed over time. It is a synthesizing discipline which shares both topical and methodological similarities with history, anthropology, eco ...

Publications

*1948: ''Le réseau routier de l'Afrique romaine'', '' Comptes rendus de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres'',
online
; *1949: ''Carte du réseau routier de l'Afrique romaine''; nouv. éd. 2010 (''Bibliothèque de l'Antiquité tardive'', 17) ; *1951: ''Les voies romaines de l'Afrique du Nord'' *1987: ''Bornes milliaires d'Afrique proconsulaire'' *2000: ''Le Sahara pendant l'Antiquité classique'', Gamal Mokhtar nder the dir. of ''Histoire générale de l'Afrique'', vol. II « L'Afrique ancienne », éd. Présence Africaine/Edicef/Unesco, ; *2005: Numerous articles including 22 reprinted in ''Promenades d'antiquités africaines : scripta varia'' with Jean-Pierre Laporte

External links

Pierre Salama (1917-2009)
on data.bnf.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:Salama, Pierre 20th-century French historians French archaeologists French epigraphers 1917 births People from Algiers 2009 deaths 20th-century archaeologists