Marie-Pierre Arnaud-Lindet (22 December 1936 - 27 April 2018) was a

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and

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at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Education

Arnaud-Lindet received her PhD from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Her thesis was entitled ''Recherches sur Orose historien: sources et méthodes de compositions des "Histoires"''. Her doctoral research was supervised by Joël Le Gall.

Career

Marie-Pierre Arnaud-Lindet (nee Arnaud) was Maître-Assistante d'Histoire romaine at University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. She was a history teacher at the Lycée Le Corbusier in Poissy from 1967 to 1968. Arnaud-Lindet was an expert on the late antique historian

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(fl. early fifth century CE). She wrote five books, including translations of Orosius' ''Historiae adversus paganos'' and Festus' ''Breviarium''. R. A. Markus considered that Arnaud-Lindet's translation of Orosius read well and was 'handsomely produced'.

Death

Arnaud-Lindet died on 27 April 2018. She was buried on 4 May at

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in Paris.

Bibliography

* ''Histoires contre les païens'' (Paulus Orosius, ''Historiae adversus paganos'') (Paris: Belles Lettres, 1990-91) 3 volumes * ''Aide-mémoire'' (Lucius Ampelius, ''Liber memorialis'') (Paris: Belles Lettres, 1993) * ''L'Orose de Wrocław (Rehdigeranus 107) : sa composition et sa place dans la tradition manuscrite des Histoires d'Orose'' (Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, 1997) * ''Histoire et politique à Rome, Les historiens romains, IIIe s. av. J.-C. - Ve s. av. J.-C.'' (Paris, Pocket, 2001) * ''Synthèse thématique d'histoire romaine'' (Nantes: Editions du Temps, 2004) * (with Bernadette Cabouret) ''L'Afrique romaine de 69 à 439 (''Nantes: Temps, 2005)

References

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