Yves Modéran (1955 – 1 July 2010, Paris) was a French historian, a professor of Roman history at the

University of Caen Normandy The University of Caen Normandy (French: ''Université de Caen Normandie''), also known as Unicaen, is a public university in Caen, France. History The institution was founded in 1432 by John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, the first rector ...

. Agrégé d'histoire in 1978, he was a specialist of

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and later, in particular of the

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period. He took part to the excavations at

Bulla Regia Bulla Regia was a Berber, Punic, and Roman town near present-day Jendouba, Tunisia. Its surviving ruins and archaeological site are noted for their Hadrianic-era semi-subterranean housing, a protection from the fierce heat and effects of the sun ...

as part of studies organized by the

École française de Rome The École française de Rome (EFR) is a French research institute for history, archaeology, and the social sciences; overseen by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and a division of the Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et ...

.p. ''Rapport sur les activités de l'École française de Rome pendant l'année 1988-1989'', CRAI, 1989, 1989, volume 133, n°3 (pp. 625)
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Works (partial list)

*1987: ''"Qui montana Gurubi colunt". Corrippe et le mythe des Maures du cap Bon'', MEFRA, volume 99, n°99-2, (pp. 963-989
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*1989: ''Gildon, les Maures et l'Afrique romaine'', MEFRA, volume 101, n°101-2, (pp. 821-872
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*1993: ''La chronologie de la Vie de saint Fulgence de Ruspe et ses incidences sur l'histoire de l'Afrique vandale'', MEFRA, volume 105, n°105-1, (pp. 135-188
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*2003: ''Les Maures et l'Afrique romaine, IVe–VIIe.'', ed. '' Bibliothèque des Ecoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome'' *2003: ''L'Empire romain tardif (235-395)'', éd. Ellipses Marketing, Paris, *2014: ''Les Vandales et l'Empire romain'', (with Michel-Yves Perrin) éd. Errance -

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References

External links

Publications d'Yves Modéran d'après le site du CRAHAM

Publications de Yves Modéran (Bibliographie du Maghreb antique et médiéval)
* Yves Modéran

APHG Caen, juin 2001 * Les Vandales, "le plus délicat des peuples" ''L'Histoire'' n° 327 - 12/2007
Hommage de Jehan Desanges à Yves Modéran
on the site of the

Encyclopédie berbère ''Encyclopédie berbère'' (English: ''Berber Encyclopaedia'') is a French-language encyclopaedia dealing with subjects related to the Berber peoples (''Imazighen'' in Berber language), published both in print editions and in a partial online ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moderan, Yves 20th-century French historians 21st-century French historians French scholars of Roman history Academic staff of the University of Caen Normandy 1955 births 2010 deaths