Pierre Gros (born May 7, 1939 in Incheville,

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) is a contemporary scholar of

ancient Roman architecture Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical ancient Greek architecture for the purposes of the ancient Romans, but was different from Greek buildings, becoming a new architectural style. The two styles are often consi ...

and the Latin language, particularly the texts of the writer

Vitruvius Vitruvius ( ; ; –70 BC – after ) was a Roman architect and engineer during the 1st century BC, known for his multi-volume work titled . As the only treatise on architecture to survive from antiquity, it has been regarded since the Renaissan ...

. He presently holds the post of Professor of Latin language and civilization at the Université de

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. He is the author of numerous scholarly treatises, including those on Roman architecture and urbanism, Roman architects, and important critical editions of Vitruvius published in the

Collection Budé The ''Collection Budé'', or the ''Collection des Universités de France'', is an editorial collection comprising the Greek and Latin classics up to the middle of the 6th century (before Emperor Justinian). It is published by Les Belles Lettre ...

. In 2005 he was presented with a volume in his honor, ''Théorie et pratique de l'architecture romaine: la norme et l'expérimentation: études offertes á Pierre Gros'', edited by Xavier Lafon et Gilles Sauron. Among his best known works are his collaborative volume, with

Mario Torelli Mario Torelli (May 12, 1937 – September 15, 2020) was an Italian scholar of Italic archaeology and the culture of the Etruscans. He taught at the University of Perugia. Torelli was born in Rome, Italy. He was trained by the art historian Ranuc ...

, ''Storia dell'urbanistica: il mondo romano'' (Laterza, 1988) and his two-volume treatise on Roman architecture, ''L'architecture Romaine Du début du IIIème siècle avant J.-C. à la fin du Haut-Empire'' ol. 1 '' Les monuments publics''; vol. 2 '' 2. maisons, palais, villas et tombeaux''(Picard, 1996–2001).

References

* Gros' websit

Living people 1939 births Academic staff of Aix-Marseille University 21st-century French archaeologists French classical scholars Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts {{Classical-scholar-stub