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| Florence Dupont | |
|---|---|
| Name | Florence Dupont |
| Occupation | Historian, academic, author |
| Nationality | French |
| Notable works | "La Vie quotidienne à Rome à l'époque d'Auguste", "Les Hommes et les Choses" |
| Awards | Prix Copley, Grand Prix Gobert |
Florence Dupont
Florence Dupont is a French historian and academic known for her work on Ancient Rome, Augustus, Roman religion, and historiography. She has held professorial and research positions at institutions including the Université Paris-Sorbonne, the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, and the Collège de France, and has published extensively for both scholarly and general audiences. Dupont's scholarship intersects with studies of Tacitus, Suetonius, Livy, and archaeological debates connected to Pompeii, Ostia Antica, and the Roman Forum.
Born in France, Dupont completed her higher education at the Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), where she studied under scholars associated with the École Française de Rome and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Her doctoral work engaged with primary sources such as Res Gestae Divi Augusti, inscriptions from Epigraphic Museum, and material culture excavated from Herculaneum and Pompeii. During postgraduate training she collaborated with researchers from the British School at Rome, the German Archaeological Institute (Rome), and the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme.
Dupont has held research and teaching posts at the Université Paris-Sorbonne, the École Pratique des Hautes Études, and as a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. She served on editorial boards for journals including Revue des Études Latines, Journal of Roman Studies, and Les Études Classiques, and participated in collaborative projects sponsored by the European Research Council and the CNRS. Dupont has taught courses on Roman historiography, Latin literature, Classical archaeology, and seminars pairing Tacitus with contemporary debates about the Roman Empire.
Dupont's research focuses on the intersection of textual analysis and material culture in Antiquity. She has examined the representation of power in Augustan Rome, the cult practices described by Vestal Virgins sources, and the depiction of elites in works by Suetonius, Pliny the Elder, and Cassius Dio. Dupont's methodologies draw on comparative work with epigraphic corpora from Asia Minor, iconographic studies from collections at the Musée du Louvre, and numismatic evidence curated by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the British Museum. Her arguments frequently reference debates initiated by scholars such as Michele Renee Salzman, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, Mary Beard, and Ronald Syme while engaging counterpoints posed by Greg Woolf and Keith Hopkins.
She has contributed to reinterpretations of the Augustan settlement and contested narratives about the transition from Roman Republic to Roman Empire, re-evaluating sources including Cassius Dio's Roman History and Livy's Ab Urbe Condita. Dupont's field collaborations with archaeologists from Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma and historians at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History have informed interdisciplinary perspectives on domestic space in Pompeii, public ritual at the Temple of Saturn, and funerary practices in Etruria.
Dupont's major books include "La Vie quotidienne à Rome à l'époque d'Auguste", which synthesizes literary and archaeological evidence from the era of Augustus, and "Les Hommes et les Choses", addressing materiality in ancient Roman households. She has also edited volumes on Roman religion, contributions to collected essays on Roman historiography, and numerous articles in Journal of Roman Studies, Revue archéologique, and L'Antiquité Classique. Her translations and commentaries on Tacitus' Annals and selections from Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars have been used in undergraduate courses at institutions such as Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and the University of Oxford.
Selected works: - La Vie quotidienne à Rome à l'époque d'Auguste (publisher) - Les Hommes et les Choses (publisher) - Editions and essays in volumes published by Les Belles Lettres and the Presses Universitaires de France
Dupont has received recognition from French and international bodies, including prizes awarded by the Académie Française, the Grand Prix Gobert, and distinctions associated with the Société des Antiquaires de France. She has been a fellow of the École Française de Rome and a laureate of funding competitions administered by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche and the European Research Council.
Dupont has appeared on programs produced by France Culture, Arte, and France 24 to discuss topics such as Augustan propaganda, archaeological discoveries at Pompeii, and reinterpretations of Roman portraiture. She has contributed essays and op-eds to newspapers including Le Monde, Le Figaro, and cultural magazines like La Recherche. Dupont has lectured at public venues such as the Musée du Louvre and the Collège de France, and participated in international conferences hosted by the International Federation of Classical Studies and the American Philological Association.
Category:French historians Category:Historians of ancient Rome