Jean-Louis Ferrary (May 5, 1948 – August 9, 2020) was a French historian, a specialist in ancient Rome.
Born in 1948 in Orléans, Jean-Louis Ferrary entered the École Normale Supérieure in 1967 and obtained his agrégation in Classical Letters in 1970.
His thesis, Philhellénisme et impérialisme : aspects idéologiques de la conquête romaine du monde hellénistique, is a milestone in the study of the relations between Rome and the Greek world.
[1] Jean-Louis Ferrary was interested in the history of institutions, law and the laws of ancient Rome, in the history of ideas and the ancient political philosophy, in Greek and Latin epigraphy of Roman times, Latin philology and historiography.
He was elected to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 2005, succeeding Maurice Euzennat.