Joël Le Gall

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Joël Le Gall (born June 8, 1913 in Paris , † October 20, 1991 in Verrières ) was a French ancient historian and archaeologist. He was an excavator in Alesia and a professor at the University of Dijon and the Sorbonne.

Life

Le Gall studied at the Sorbonne in Paris with Charles Picard , André Cholley and Jérôme Carcopino and was then a teacher at the Lycée Chateaubriand in Rome from 1938/39 and 1945 to 1947 . He then did research for the CNRS . In 1951 he received his doctorate at the Sorbonne in Paris ( Le Tibre fleuve de Rome dans l'Antiquité ; Recherches sur le culte du Tibre ) and was then professor at the Faculté des Lettres in Dijon . From 1957 to 1985 he directed the excavations in Alesia.

In 1967 he became professor of Roman history at the Sorbonne in the Center Gustave Glotz, but remained connected to the University of Dijon. He was president of the Société française d'archéologie, the Société des études latines and the Société nationale des antiquaires de France .

In 1964 he received the Grand Prix Gobert for his book Alésia .

Fonts

  • Le Tibre fleuve de Rome dans l'Antiquité. (= Publications de l'Institut d'art d'archeologie de l'Université de Paris vol. 1) Presses Universitaires de France, Paris 1953.
  • Research on the culte de Tibre. (= Publications de l'Institut d'art d'archeologie de l'Université de Paris vol. 2) Presses Universitaires de France, Paris 1953.
  • Modes de construction et technique dans l'architecture romaine. Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1959.
  • Alésia. Archeology et histoire. Fayard, Paris 1963, reprint 1980, 1990.
  • Alésia. Textes littéraires antiques, textes médiévaux. Publications de l'Université de Dijon 1973.
  • Alésia. Le siège de la forteresse gauloise par César, la ville gallo-romaine, le culte de sainte Reine. Paris, Ministère de la culture, Direction du patrimoine, Sous-direction de l'archéologie, coll. "Guides archéologiques de la France", 1985.
  • La religion romaine de l'epoque de Caton l'Ancien au règne de l'emperateur Commode. Paris 1975.
  • with Marcel Le Glay (ed.): L'empire romain , Volume 1: Le Haut-Empire de la bataille d'Actium (31 av. J.-C.) à l'assassinat de Sévère Alexandre (235 ap. J. -C.) , Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, coll. "Peuples et civilizations, Histoire générale", 1987.
  • La bataille d'Alésia , (= Histoire ancienne et médiévale vol. 58) Publications de la Sorbonne, Paris 1999.

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SURNAME Le Gall, Joël
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French ancient historian and archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1991
Place of death Verrières