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Pierre Grimal

Jean Beaujeu was a distinguished French scholar and author specializing in Roman civilization and classical literature. He gained recognition for his academic contributions, including numerous volumes in the "Que sais-je?" series, as well as translations of Latin authors such as Cicero, Seneca the Younger, Tacitus, Plautus, and Terence. His scholarly works established him as a leading authority on ancient Rome, blending rigorous research with accessible prose.

After retiring from academia, Beaujeu shifted his focus to writing for a broader audience, producing biographies and fictionalized historical narratives. Among his notable later works were "Mémoires d’Agrippine" and "le procès Néron," which brought Roman history to life through vivid storytelling. His career spanned decades of teaching, including a thirty-year tenure at the Sorbonne, where he influenced generations of students.

In his final years, Beaujeu became an advocate for preserving literary education, emphasizing its cultural and intellectual value. His legacy endures through his extensive body of work, which bridges scholarly rigor and public engagement with classical antiquity.
Non-Fiction Books
# Title Year
1 Le Siècle des Scipions 1949
2 The Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology 1951
3 Dictionnaire de la mythologie grecque et romaine 1951
4 La Littérature latine 1954
5 Petite histoire de la mythologie et des dieux 1954
6 Les Villes romaines 1954
7 L’Art des jardins 1954
8 Dans les pas des Césars 1955
9 Horace 1955
10 Contes et légendes de Babylone et de Perse 1958
11 La Civilisation romaine 1960
12 À la recherche de l’Italie antique 1961
13 Mythologies 1964
14 Histoire mondiale de la femme 1965
15 La Mythologie grecque 1965
16 Le Siècle d’Auguste 1965
17 Essai sur l’« Art poétique » d’Horace 1968
18 Le Guide de l’étudiant latiniste 1971
19 Les Mémoires de T. Pomponius Atticus 1976
20 Étude de chronologie cicéronienne 1977
21 Nous partons pour Rome 1977
22 La « Guerre civile » de Pétrone, dans ses rapports avec la « Pharsale » 1977
23 Sénèque ou La conscience de l’Empire 1978
24 Le Théâtre antique 1978
25 Le Lyrisme à Rome 1978
26 Le Quercy de Pierre Grimal 1978
27 Italie retrouvée 1979
28 L’Amour à Rome 1979
29 Jérôme Carcopino, un historien au service de l’humanisme 1981
30 Sénèque 1981
31 Rome 1982
32 Virgile ou La seconde naissance de Rome 1985
33 Matrona 1985
34 Rome, la littérature et l'histoire 1986
35 Cicéron 1986
36 Le Merveilleux Voyage d'Ulysse 1989
37 Les Erreurs de la liberté 1989
38 Tacite 1990
39 Les Mémoires d’Agrippine 1992
40 Pompéi 1992
41 L'Empire romain 1993
42 Savoir Se Penser 1994
43 Marc-Aurèle 1994
44 Le Procès de Néron 1995
45 L'Âme romaine 1996
46 Églises de Rome 1997
47 Le Dieu Janus et les origines de Rome 1999
48 Histoire de Rome 2003
49 Voyage à Rome 2004
50 Rome et l’amour 2007