''L'Année épigraphique'' (''The Epigraphic Year'', standard abbreviation ''AE'') is a French publication on

epigraphy 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 ...

(i.e the study of inscriptions or epigraphs as writing). It was set up by

René Cagnat René Cagnat (10 October 1852 – 27 March 1937) was a French historian, a specialist of Latin epigraphy and history of North Africa during Antiquity. Biography On the death of his father, Léon Renier, a friend of the family, supported his ed ...

, as holder of the chair of 'Epigraphy and Roman antiquities' at the Collège de France and Jean-Guillaume Feignon, as assistant epigraphist, in 1888. It was linked to the '' Revue archéologique'' until the issue dated 1964, when it became an autonomous publication of the

Presses universitaires de France Presses universitaires de France (PUF, English: ''University Press of France''), founded in 1921 by Paul Angoulvent (1899–1976), is the largest French university publishing house. Recent company history The financial and legal structure ...

(PUF) benefiting from a grant from the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), a part was edited under its aegis. It systematically collects all the inscriptions discovered each year from all around the world concerning Ancient Rome, mainly in Latin or ancient Greek, and sorted by period.

Leadership and editorship

*1888–1935: René Cagnat, at first alone, then with Jean-Guillaume Feignon and Maurice Besnier until 1932, finally with

Alfred Merlin Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *'' Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interl ...

. *1936–1964: Alfred Merlin, with

Jean Gagé Jean Gagé (1 June 1902 – 4 May 1986) was a French historian who specialised in ancient Roman history. From 1921 to 1924, Jean Gagé was a student at the École normale supérieure in Paris and obtained his agrégation de lettres. He was a m ...

in some years. *1965: Jean Gagé and

Marcel Le Glay Marcel Le Glay (7 May 1920, Arleux near Douai (Nord) – 14 August 1992.) was a 20th-century French historian and archaeologist, specializing in ancient Rome. His work focused in particular on Roman religion and North Africa during Antiquity, especi ...

. *1966–1973: Jean Gagé, Marcel Le Glay,

Hans-Georg Pflaum Hans-Georg Pflaum (3 June 1902, Berlin – 26 December 1979, Linz) was a German-born French historian. Life Pflaum, who came from a Jewish family of industrialists, at first studied law in Breslau and Heidelberg, afterwards taking a position in ...

and

Pierre Wuilleumier 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 Antiqu ...

. *1974–1978:

André Chastagnol André Chastagnol (21 February 1920 – 2 September 1996) was a French historian, specializing in Latin epigraphy and literature. After teaching at the Universities of Algiers, Rennes and Paris-X, he finished his career as a professor at the Pa ...

, Jean Gagé, Marcel Le Glay and H.-G. Pflaum. *1979–1980: André Chastagnol, Jean Gagé, Marcel Le Glay. *1981–1986: André Chastagnol, Marcel Le Glay,

Patrick Le Roux Patrick Le Roux (born 3 October 1943, in Morlaix) is a 20th–21st-century French historian. Biography Career After he obtained his agrégation d'histoire in 1967, Patrick Le Roux defended his State thesis entitle''L'armée romaine et l'org ...

. *1987–1990: André Chastagnol,

André Laronde 300px, André Laronde in Cyrene, 1973 André Laronde (19 June 1940, in Grenoble – 1 February 2011, in Paris) was a French historian and archaeologist. He was a specialist of Greek settlements in Cyrenaica (now Libya). Career Laronde wrote ...

, Marcel Le Glay, Patrick Le Roux. *1991–present: Led by Mireille Corbier, Patrick Le Roux and Sylvie Dardaine.

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