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| Paul-Marie Duval | |
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| Name | Paul-Marie Duval |
| Birth date | 1883 |
| Birth place | Paris, France |
| Death date | 1955 |
| Death place | Paris, France |
| Occupations | Philologist; Archaeologist; Historian |
| Alma mater | École pratique des hautes études; Collège de France |
| Notable works | Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (contributions); Studies on Latin epigraphy |
Paul-Marie Duval was a French philologist, epigrapher, and archaeologist active in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his work on Latin inscriptions, Roman onomastics, and the archaeology of Gaul and Italy, and for contributions to academic institutions in Paris. His scholarship intersected with contemporaries across France, Italy, and Germany, and influenced studies at the École française de Rome, the École pratique des hautes études, and the Collège de France.
Born in Paris in 1883, Duval grew up amid the intellectual milieu shaped by the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War and the cultural institutions of the Third French Republic. He pursued classical studies at the École Normale Supérieure milieu before matriculating at the École pratique des hautes études where he trained under leading figures associated with Latin epigraphy, Roman archaeology, and classical philology. His mentors included scholars linked to the French School at Rome and professors affiliated with the Collège de France, connecting him to networks that included practitioners from the Société des Antiquaires de France and correspondents in Germany and Italy.
Duval’s early career was interrupted by the outbreak of World War I in 1914, when he served in the French Army during campaigns on the Western Front. During the conflict he encountered officers and intellectuals from units drawn from regions such as Île-de-France, Lorraine, and Bretagne, and experienced the wartime mobilization that involved personnel coordinated by the Ministry of War (France). After demobilization he returned to scholarly life, contributing to postwar reconstruction efforts in cultural institutions and collaborating with veterans who joined archaeological missions organized by the Institut de France and the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques.
In the interwar years Duval resumed academic appointments, holding positions connected to the École pratique des hautes études and lecturing in programs associated with the Collège de France and the Université de Paris (Sorbonne). He carried out archaeological fieldwork in regions of Gaul and Italy, coordinating digs that engaged local authorities in Naples and provincial administrations in regions such as Provence and Languedoc. Duval collaborated with excavators from the École française de Rome, antiquarians from the Musée du Louvre, and epigraphists contributing to the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. His field reports were shared with institutions including the Société archéologique de France and libraries such as the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Duval’s archaeological interests encompassed urban topography, funerary monuments, and Roman civic inscriptions. He worked alongside contemporaries involved in restoration projects at sites linked to the Roman Forum and cataloging efforts connected to the collections of the Musée national des antiquités and provincial museums in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. His cross-border collaborations included exchanges with scholars at the British Museum, the German Archaeological Institute (Rome) and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
Duval authored critical editions and catalogues focused on Latin inscriptions, Roman onomastics, and epigraphic formulae, contributing revisions to volumes used by researchers at the École française d'Athènes and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft-supported projects. He published articles in periodicals such as the Revue archéologique, the Bulletin de correspondance hellénique, and journals produced by the Société des Antiquaires de Normandie. His work informed editions of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum and was cited by historians studying Roman law, municipal institutions of antiquity, and the social history of Late Antiquity.
Duval’s monographs examined naming practices in Roman provinces, contributing to debates handled by scholars of onomastics and cited in works on provincial identity in Gallia Narbonensis and Italia. He produced documentary catalogues used by curators at the Musée des Antiquités nationales and by lecturers at the Université de Lyon and the University of Oxford Classics faculty. His epigraphic methodology influenced field manuals used by crews associated with the Institut archéologique allemand and the American Academy in Rome.
For his contributions Duval received recognition from French and international bodies, including membership in academies associated with the Institut de France and honors from organizations such as the Société des Antiquaires de France and provincial learned societies. His papers and inscription catalogues entered collections accessed by researchers at the Bibliothèque nationale de France and archives coordinated with the Archives nationales (France). Duval’s students and correspondents went on to posts at the École Normale Supérieure, the Collège de France, the Université de Strasbourg, and museums across Europe, perpetuating his approaches to epigraphy and archaeology.
His legacy persists in contemporary scholarship on Roman provincial administration, funerary epigraphy, and onomastic studies, and in museum catalogues that trace provenance to his fieldwork. Duval’s corpus remains consulted by researchers at the École française de Rome, the British School at Rome, and continental institutes engaged in cataloguing antiquities, ensuring his place in the network of 20th-century classical scholarship.
Category:French archaeologists Category:French philologists Category:1883 births Category:1955 deaths