Michel Christol (25 October 1942,

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) is a French historian, specialist of

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, and particularly epigraphy.

Biography

Born in Herault, Michel Christol attended high school in Béziers then his university studies in Montpellier.According to Maria Luisa Bonsangue and Christine Hoët-van Cauwenberghe, « Avant-propos » in Michel Christol, ''Une histoire provinciale. La Gaule narbonnaise de la fin du IIe siècle av. J.-C. au IIIe siècle ap. J.-C.'', Paris, Publications de la Sorbonne, 2010, p. 5-7
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/ref> A student of

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 ...

,According to the recension of Michel Christol's book ''Une histoire provinciale, La Gaule narbonnaise de la fin du IIe siècle av. J.-C. au IIIe siècle ap. J.-C.'', by Jacques Gascou in ''

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'', 2/2011 (n° 52)
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Michel Christol devoted his thesis to the crisis of the

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under Valerian and

Gallienus Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (; c. 218 – September 268) was Roman emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and alone from 260 to 268. He ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century that nearly caused the collapse of the empi ...

under the direction of

William Seston William Seston (2 June 1900 – 2 October 1983) was a 20th-century French historian and epigrapher, a specialist of the history of the Roman Empire. He was professor at the Sorbonne and a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres ...

then

Charles Pietri Charles Pietri (18 April 1932 – 7 August 1991) was a 20th-century French historian and university professor. Biography A former pupil at the , Pietri entered the École normale supérieure in 1952 and obtained his agrégation d'histoire. He ...

, and defended it under the presidency of

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 ...

. He became professor at the University of Paris-I in 1983, a position he held until his retirement in 2008.According to hi
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/ref> In addition to his teaching duties, Michel Christol was director of the Publications de la Sorbonne from 1989 until 2000, as well as president of '. Author of textbooks, including one co-written with Daniel Nony, constantly re-edited since its first publication in 1974, Michel Christol is an expert on Roman political history and the province of Gallia Narbonensis. He is known for his analyzes of epigraphic sources, particularly in terms of onomastics and prosopography.

References

Publications

*1974: (with Daniel Nony) ''Rome des origines aux invasions barbares'', Paris *1986: ''Essai sur l'évolution des carrières sénatoriales dans la 2e moitié du IIIe s. ap. J.-C.'' *1987: (with Thomas Drew-Bear) ''Un castellum romain près d'Apamée de Phrygie'', Osterreichische Akad. der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Hist. Kl., Denkschriften, 189. Band. Ergänzunsbande zu den Tituli Asiae Minoris, 12, Vienna. *1989: (with Andreina Magioncalda), ''Studi sui procuratori delle due Mauretaniae'', Sassari (Pubblicazioni del Dipartimento di Storia dell'Univ. degli Studi di Sassari, 9) *1997: ''L'Empire romain du IIIe siècle. Histoire politique, 192-325 après J.-C.'', Paris *2003: (with Dominique Darde) ''La collection Séguier au Musée archéologique de Nîmes'' (Cahiers des musées et monuments n° 12), Nîmes *2005: ''Regards sur l’Afrique romaine'', Paris *2005: ''Dissertation sur l’inscription de la Maison Carrée par Jean-François Séguier'', Présentation et commentaire, Aix-en-Provence *2010: ''Une histoire provinciale. La Gaule narbonnaise de la fin du IIe siècle av. J.-C. au IIIe siècle ap. J.-C.'', Publications de la Sorbonne

External links

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''L’Empire romain en Afrique : aspects et résonances d’un impérialisme''
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