Born June 13 1930, Aix-en-Provence. Died September 29 2022.
Education and professional career
- 1951-1955 : Student at the École normale supérieure
- 1951-1954 and 1957-1962 : Student at the École pratique des hautes études
- 1955 : Agrégé de l'Université
- 1955-1957 : Member of the École française de Rome
- 1957-1961 : Assistant at the Sorbonne
- Chargé de maîtrise de conférences, Professor at the Faculty of Letters, Aix-en-Provence
- Professor at the University of Provence (Aix center)
- 1974 : Doctor of Letters
- 1975-1998 : Professor at the Collège de France, chair History of Rome
- 1999 : Honorary Professor at the Collège de France
