André Chastagnol

André Chastagnol (21 February 1920 – 2 September 1996) was a French historian, specializing in Latin epigraphy and literature.

He succeeded Hans-Georg Pflaum at the head of the Latin epigraphy seminar of the École pratique des hautes études where Michel Christol, Xavier Loriot, and François Jacques were among his students.

He was long interested in the Augustan History, of which he provided translation and helped to improve the study.

[1] His large personal library, bequeathed to the Sorbonne, is now incorporated into the Bibliothèque Serpente [fr].

André Chastagnol wrote about 200 books and articles devoted to general history, Gaul and North Africa during Antiquity, including:[1] A bibliography for the years 1950 to 1986 can be found in André Chastagnol: L'Italie et l'Afrique au Bas-Empire.