Pierre Gros
Pierre Gros (born May 7, 1939 in Incheville ) is a French classical archaeologist and Latinist .
Gros studied from 1960 at the École normal supérieure in Paris and received the Agrégation in 1963 . From 1966 to 1969 he was a member of the École française de Rome . From 1969 to 1972 he was assistant for Latin studies at the Sorbonne, from 1972 to 1976 Directeur des Études at the École française de Rome, in 1974 he received his habilitation as a Docteur d'Etat . From 1976 until his retirement in 2004 he taught as a professor of Latin language and civilization at the Université de Provence . From 1981 to 1995 he headed the Institut de recherches sur l'architecture antique at the Center national de la recherche scientifique . From 1995 to 2005 he was a member of the Institut universitaire de France .
As a specialist in Hellenistic and Roman architecture and urban development, Pierre Gros took part in numerous excavations in Italy, France, Tunisia and Turkey. In addition, he is an important connoisseur of Vitruvius and editor of an influential critical partial edition of his work.
Pierre Gros is a member of the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio in Vicenza and a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute . In 2010 he was awarded the Antonio Feltrinelli Prize . He has been a member of the Academia Europaea since 2004 and of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres since 2012 .
Fonts (selection)
- L'Architecture romaine. Volume 1: Les monuments publics ; Tape. 2: Maisons, villas, palais et tombeaux. 2nd Edition. Picard, Paris 2007.
- with Mario Torelli : Storia dell'urbanistica. Il mondo romano. Laterza, Rome 2007.
- Palladio e l'Antico. Marseille, Venice 2006.
- Vitruve et la tradition des traités d'architecture. Collection de l'École française de Rome, Rome 2006.
- with Hervé Inglebert and Gilles Sauron: Histoire de la civilization romaine. Presses Universitaires de France, “Nouvelle Clio”, 2005.
- Vitruve, De l'Architecture, livres II, III, IV. Paris 1999.
- La France gallo-romaine. Nathan, Paris 1991.
- Byrsa III. La basilique orientale et ses abords. Collection de l'École française de Rome, Rome 1985.
- with Robert Amy : La maison Carrée de Nîmes (= Gallia , Supplementum 38). Paris 1979.
- Architecture et société à Rome et en Italie centro-méridionale aux deux derniers siècles dela République. Collection Latomus, Brussels 1978.
- Aurea templa. Recherches sur l'architecture religieuse de Rome à l'époque d'Auguste (= BEFAR vol. 231). Rome 1976.
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| SURNAME | Gros, Pierre |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gros, Pierre Lucien (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French latinist and classical archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Incheville |