Paul Marius Martin (6 June 1940, Saint-Cloud, today Gdyel in Algeria) is a French

Latinist Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area around Rome, Italy. Through the expansion of ...

and historian of

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. He was professor of Latin language and literature at the

Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III Paul may refer to: People * Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people * Paul (surname), a list of people * Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament * Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo ...

. He is a specialist of the history of

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and

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, the

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of the first centuries of Rome and of the Roman monarchical ideology.

Publications

* ''L’idée de royauté à Rome'' (series "Miroir des Civilisations antiques", 1-2), volume I, ''De la Rome royale au consensus républicain'', preface by Raymond Bloch, Clermont-Ferrand, Adosa, 1982, 410 p., 18 tableaux, 2 maps ; volume II, ''Haine de la royauté et séductions monarchiques (du IVe au principat augustéen)'', Clermont-Ferrand, Adosa, 1994, 510 p., 8 tableauxCompte rendu
by Joseph Hellegouarc'h in ', 141, 1996,
Compte rendu de Philippe Torrens
in ''L'Antiquité classique'', 65, 1996, . . * ''La Campanie antique, des origines à l’éruption du Vésuve'', Clermont-Ferrand, Adosa, 1985, 152 p. * ''44. Tuer César !'' (series "La Mémoire des siècles"), Brussels, Complexe, 1988, 221 p.
partially online
. * ''Antoine et Cléopâtre : la fin d'un rêve'', Paris, Albin Michel, 1990 ; 2e éd., Brussels, Complexe (series "Historiques"), 1995, 285 p., 4 maps, 3 tableaux
partially online
. * ''La Guerre des Gaules – La Guerre civile'' (series "Les Textes fondateurs"), Paris, Ellipses, 2000, 192 p. * ''Vercingétorix, le politique, le stratège'', Paris, Perrin, 2000, 263 p. ; 2nd edition augmented, Perrin, 2009; 3rd ed. poche (series "Tempus"), Perrin, 2013
partially online
. * ''L’explication de texte latin aux concours (Agrégations - C.A.P.E.S - Chartes - E.N.S. / Lettres classiques, Lettres Modernes, Grammaire, Philosophie, Espagnol, Portugais)'', Paris, Ellipses, 1995, 212 p.

References

Bibliography

* Olivier Devillers et Jean Meyers (éd.), ''Pouvoirs des hommes, pouvoir des mots, des Gracques à Trajan. Hommages au professeur Paul Marius Martin'' (« Bibliothèque d’Études classiques », 54), Louvain, Peeters, 2009, XXIV-624 p., avec une préface de Jacqueline Dangel présentant la carrière et l'œuvre de P. M. Martin et une bibliographie exhaustive de ses travaux.

External links

Site de l'université Paul-Valéry

Annuaire de l'Association des professeurs de langues anciennes de l'enseignement supérieur
{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Paul Marius French Latinists French scholars of Roman history Officiers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques People from Oran Province 1940 births Living people People of French Algeria