Born in
Herault, Michel Christol attended high school in
Béziers then his university studies in Montpellier.[1] A student of
Hans-Georg Pflaum,[1][2] Michel Christol devoted his thesis to the crisis of the
Roman Empire under
Valerian and
Gallienus under the direction of
William Seston then
Charles Pietri, and defended it under the presidency of
André Chastagnol. He became professor at the University of Paris-I in 1983, a position he held until his retirement in 2008.[3]
Author of textbooks, including one co-written with Daniel Nony, constantly re-edited since its first publication in 1974, Michel Christol is an expert on Roman political history and the province of
Gallia Narbonensis. He is known for his analyzes of epigraphic sources, particularly in terms of
onomastics and
prosopography.[2]
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abcAccording to Maria Luisa Bonsangue and Christine Hoët-van Cauwenberghe, « Avant-propos » in Michel Christol, Une histoire provinciale. La Gaule narbonnaise de la fin du IIe siècle av. J.-C. au IIIe siècle ap. J.-C., Paris, Publications de la Sorbonne, 2010, p. 5-7.
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abAccording to the recension of Michel Christol's book Une histoire provinciale, La Gaule narbonnaise de la fin du IIe siècle av. J.-C. au IIIe siècle ap. J.-C., by Jacques Gascou in Revue archéologique, 2/2011 (n° 52),
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1974: (with Daniel Nony) Rome des origines aux invasions barbares, Paris
1986: Essai sur l'évolution des carrières sénatoriales dans la 2e moitié du IIIe s. ap. J.-C.
1987: (with Thomas Drew-Bear) Un castellum romain près d'Apamée de Phrygie, Osterreichische Akad. der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Hist. Kl., Denkschriften, 189. Band. Ergänzunsbande zu den Tituli Asiae Minoris, 12, Vienna.
1989: (with Andreina Magioncalda), Studi sui procuratori delle due Mauretaniae, Sassari (Pubblicazioni del Dipartimento di Storia dell'Univ. degli Studi di Sassari, 9)
1997: L'Empire romain du IIIe siècle. Histoire politique, 192-325 après J.-C., Paris
2003: (with Dominique Darde) La collection Séguier au Musée archéologique de Nîmes (Cahiers des musées et monuments n° 12), Nîmes
2005: Regards sur l’Afrique romaine, Paris
2005: Dissertation sur l’inscription de la Maison Carrée par Jean-François Séguier, Présentation et commentaire, Aix-en-Provence
2010: Une histoire provinciale. La Gaule narbonnaise de la fin du IIe siècle av. J.-C. au IIIe siècle ap. J.-C., Publications de la Sorbonne