Pierre Wuilleumier (1 January 1904 – 20 November 1979) was a 20th-century French scholar, normalian, professor of Latin language and literature at the Sorbonne and archaeologist.

Biography

Pierre Wuilleumier held the chair of National Antiquities in Lyon from 1933. In 1940, he was responsible for the excavations of the ancient Theatre of Fourvière on the hill of

Fourvière Fourvière () is a district of Lyon, France, a hill immediately west of the old part of the town, rising from the river Saône. It is the site of the original Roman settlement of Lugdunum in 43 BC. The district contains many religious buildings i ...

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Amable Audin Amable Audin (1899–1990) was a French archaeologist. He specialized in studying the Roman city of Lugdunum, known in modern times as Lyon, France. Biography Born in Lyon on July 25, 1899, Audin had a passion for archeology from a young age. He ...

. From 1941 to 1954, he directed two constituencies of Historic Antiquities in the Lyon region. He contributed to the magazine

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since its creation in 1942, in which he regularly published the results of excavations on the hill of Fourvière and the Lyon region.Paul-Marie Duval, ''Pierre Wuilleumier (1904 -1979)'', Gallia. Tome 38 fascicule 2, 1980, p. 23
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/ref> In 1947, he led the excavations of the so-called in

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Publications

Publication and translation of Latin authors

He completed the publication and translation of Latin authors in the "Collection des Universités de France" by the éditions des Belles Lettres *

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, ''Histoires'', in collaboration with Henri Le Bonniec and Joseph Hellegouarc'h * Tacite, ''Annales'', in collaboration with Henri Le Bonniec and Joseph Hellegouarc'h

Archaeological publications

*1939: ''Tarente, des origines à la conquête romaine'', éd. De Boccard, Paris *1947: ''Le cloître de Saint-André-le-Bas à Vienne'', in collaboration with J. Déniau,

Jules Formigé Jules Formigé (23 June 1879, Paris – 17 August 1960, Ploubazlanec) was a 20th-century French architect. Jules was the son of Jean-Camille Formigé. He was involved in the restoration of the Trophy of Augustus, Arènes de Lutèce, and the Ch ...

, E.-L. Albrand, éditions Audin, Lyon, 55 p., 8 planches hors-texte *1951: ''Fouilles de Fourvière à Lyon'', preface by Édouard Herriot, series ''Fouilles et monuments archéologiques en France métropolitaine'', CNRS, 85 pages, 8 plans, 20 planches hors texte *1953: ''Lyon, métropole des Gaules'', Belles Lettres, 118 p
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*1963: ''Inscriptions latines des Trois Gaules'', CNRS, 256 pages, XVIIe supplément à la revue Gallia *1964: Laet Sigfried, minutes of reading published in ''L'antiquité classique'', volume 33, fasc. 1.

*1964: Amable Audin, minutes of reading published in ''Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire'', vol. 42, n° 1,

References

External links

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Pierre Wuilleumier, ''Fouilles de Fourvière à Lyon''
on Persée {{DEFAULTSORT:Wuilleumier, Pierre 20th-century French historians French scholars of Roman history French epigraphers École Normale Supérieure alumni Archaeologists from Paris 1904 births 1979 deaths Academic staff of the University of Lyon Academic staff of the University of Paris