Auguste Audollent (14 July 1864 – 7 April 1943) was a French historian, archaeologist and Latin

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 ...

, 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 BC ...

, in particular the magical inscriptions ('' tabellæ defixionum''). His main thesis was devoted to ''Roman

Carthage Carthage was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the cla ...

''. He was elected a member of the

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigr ...

in 1932.

Publications

*1890: ''Mission épigraphique en Algérie de MM. Aug. Audollent et J. Letaille octobre 1889 à février 1890''. Rapport rédigé par M. Audollent, ASIN B001CH4WJU *1901: ''Carthage romaine : 146 avant Jésus-Christ - 698 après Jésus-Christ'', Paris, Fontemoing, (doctorate thesis). *1905: ''Les Tabellae defixionum d'Afrique'', Extrait du 'Bulletin archéologique' *1911: ''Les tombes à incinération du musée de Clermont-Ferrand'', ASIN B0000DUK01 *1927: ''L'énigme de

Glozel The Glozel artifacts are a collection of over 3,000 artifacts, including clay tablets, sculptures and vases, some of which were inscribed, discovered from 1924 to 1930 in the vicinity of French hamlet of Glozel. Glozel () is part of the commun ...

''.Site du musée de Glozel

Bibliography

* Gustave Dupont-Ferrier
''Éloge funèbre de M. Auguste Audollent''
'' Comptes rendus de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres'', 1943, (p. 194–199). * Auguste Diès
''Notice sur la vie et les travaux de M. Auguste Audollent, membre de l'Académie''
''Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres'', 97e année, n° 3, 1953, (p. 334–350).

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of the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Scientists from Paris 1864 births 1943 deaths École pratique des hautes études alumni 20th-century French historians French epigraphers Members of the Ligue de la patrie française French Latinists Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres {{France-historian-stub