Yvon Garlan
Yvon Garlan | |
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Born | 16 July 1933 |
Died | 8 July 2022 | (aged 88)
Nationality | French |
Education | École normale supérieure |
Occupation | Historian, professor |
Yvon Garlan (16 July 1933 – 8 July 2022) was a French historian and academic. He specialized in classical antiquity.
Biography
Born in 1933, Garlan studied at the École normale supérieure and earned an agrégation in history. A specialist in the Hellenistic period, he was a professor at Rennes 2 University. His research led to the expansion of knowledge on Ancient Greek slavery, the Greek wars, and the amphoric stamp . His studies on the stamp systems of Thasos, Sinope, and Heraclea Pontica were highly notable.[citation needed]
In February 1979, Garlan was one of 34 signatories of a declaration written by Léon Poliakov Pierre Vidal-Naquet to dismantle the historical negationism of Robert Faurisson. In 1991, he became a correspondent of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.
Yvon Garlan died on 8 July 2022 at the age of 88.
Publications
- La Guerre dans l'Antiquité (1972)
- Recherches de poliorcétique grecque (1974)
- Les Révoltes bretonnes de 1675 (1975)
- Les Esclaves en Grèce ancienne (1982)
- Vin et amphores de Thasos (1988)
- Guerre et économie en Grèce ancienne (1989)
- Pleumeur-Bodou : chronique d'une commune trégorroise entre l'Ancien régime et la révolution spatiale (1994)
- Les Timbres amphoriques de Thasos (1999)
- Les Timbres céramiques sinopéens sur amphores et sur tuiles trouvés à Sinope (2004)