Born on June 13, 1930, in Aix-en-Provence. Died on 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: Awarded the agrégation by the University
- 1955–1957: Member of the École française de Rome
- 1957–1961: Teaching assistant at the Sorbonne
- Lecturer, then professor in the Faculty of Letters at Aix
- Professor at the University of Provence (Aix campus)
- 1974: Doctor of Letters
- 1975–1998: Professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Chair of Roman History
- 1999: Honorary Professor at the Collège de France