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Rene Cagnat

Ren-Louis-Victor Cagnat, born 10 October 1852 and died in 1937 , is a historian French specialist of Latin epigraphy and history of Roman Africa.

On the death of his father, Leo Renier , a family friend, who supports his education. Under the influence of Ernest Desjardins , he became interested in epigraphy. He is campaigning archaeological Tunisia and became professor of epigraphy in 1883. It was in 1885 he published his famous Course of Latin epigraphy.

In 1887 , he succeeded to the chair of Desjardins epigraphy and Roman antiquities at the College de France. In 1888 , he founded The Year epigraphic. In 1895 he was elected member of the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-lettres , he was permanent secretary in 1916 to his death.

Publications

Courses in Latin epigraphy, Paris, 1885
The Roman army in Africa and the military occupation of Africa under the emperors, Paris, 1892
Carthage Timgad Tebessa and the ancient cities of North Africa, Paris, 1909
Manual of Roman Archaeology, with Victor Chapot, Paris, 1916-1920
Latin inscriptions of Africa, Paris, 1923