André Pelletier (11 January 1937) is a French historian and archaeologist, a professor and specialist 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 ...
.
Biography
Agrégé of history, Doctor of Letters in 1972,. he directed the excavations of
Vienne
Vienne (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Viéne'') is a landlocked department in the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It takes its name from the river Vienne. It had a population of 438,435 in 2019.Philippe Leveau, Rémy Bernard, "Présentation du dossier : les agglomérations urbaines de la cité antique de Vienne. Les éléments d'une problématique", ''Revue archéologique de Narbonnaise'', volume 38-39, 2005, p. 7-1 He wrote the text of the album ''Histoire de l'Arménie'', drawn by and published in 1979.
He was
maître de conférences
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of
ancient history
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and
Roman archaeology
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
at the
Lumière University Lyon 2
Lumière University Lyon 2 (french: Université Lumière Lyon 2) is one of the three universities that comprise the current University of Lyon, having splintered from an older university of the same name, and is primarily based on two campuses in ...
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, espe ...
*1974: ''Vienne gallo-romaine au Bas-Empire : 275-468 après J.-C.'', Lyon, Impr. BOSC Frères
*1980 ''Histoire de Vienne et de sa région et environs : Sainte-Colombe Saint-Romain-en-Gal'' éditions Horvath, 126 p.
*1988: In collaboration with André Blanc and Jean Prieur ''Histoire et archéologie de la France ancienne, Rhône-Alpes, de l'âge de fer au Haut Moyen-âge'' Le Coteau, éditions Horvath
*2001: ''Vienna, Vienne'', Presses universitaires de Lyon, 190 pages
He was director of the following historical summary works:
* ''Grande Encyclopédie de Lyon et des communes du Rhône'', Roanne, Horvath, 1980-1983
* ''La Médecine en Gaule : villes d'eaux, sanctuaires des eaux'', Paris, Picard, 1985
* ''Histoire de Lyon : des origines à nos jours'', Le Coteau : Horvath, 1990