Léon Homo
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Léon Homo | |
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| Born | Léon Pol Homo 16 December 1872 |
| Died | 16 August 1957 (aged 84) Paris |
| Occupation | Historian |
Léon Homo (16 December 1872 – 16 August 1957) was a 20th-century French historian, a specialist of Roman history.
After he entered the École normale supérieure in 1894, he obtained his agrégation in 1897, and defended his doctoral thesis in 1904.[1] His principal thesis based on an analysis of the Augustan History was devoted to emperor Aurelian, and the book he published in 1904 still constitutes a reference. His secondary thesis dealt with Claudius Gothicus, the predecessor of Aurelian.[2]
A member of the École française de Rome from 1897 to 1900, he conducted archaeological excavations in 1900 on the site of Dougga in Tunisia.[3] From 1904 until 1940 he was a professor of ancient history at the Faculté de Lettres de Lyon.[1] When he retired in 1940, he settled in Paris where he pursued his historical publications.[2]
