''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 w ...

(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 ...

, as holder of the chair of 'Epigraphy and Roman antiquities' at the

Collège de France The Collège de France (), formerly known as the ''Collège Royal'' or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment ('' grand établissement'') in France. It is located in Paris n ...

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 of ...

(PUF) benefiting from a grant from the

Centre national de la recherche scientifique The French National Centre for Scientific Research (french: link=no, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,63 ...

(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 In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman people, 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 ...

, 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 Maurice Besnier (29 September 1873, Paris – 4 March 1933, Caen) was a French historian, who specialised in ancient geography and topography. Former member of the École française de Rome, he became the 34th professor of ancient history, epigr ...

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 (Interlu ...

. *1936–1964: Alfred Merlin, with Jean Gagé 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, espec ...

. *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 i ...

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 ...

, 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.

External links

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