Patrick Le Roux (born 3 October 1943 in Morlaix) is a 20th–21st-century French historian.
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Career
After he obtained his agrégation d'histoire in 1967, Patrick Le Roux defended his State thesis entitled L'armée romaine et l'organisation des provinces ibériques d'Auguste à l'invasion de 409 in March 1980 at the Bordeaux Montaigne University under the direction of Robert Étienne.
A member of the Casa de Velázquez, he taught Roman history at Paris West University Nanterre La Défense then at Toulouse II, Rennes II and Paris XIII of which he is emeritus professor.
He also took part to excavations in Conimbriga (Portugal) and Baelo Claudia (Province of Cádiz) and more specifically in the civil basilica of the forum.
Contribution to Roman history
If he first worked on the Roman army and remained faithful throughout his professional career to the history of Roman Spain and epigraphic sources, Patrick Le Roux brought his analysis and reflection of historian of antiquity to questions as diverse as those related to Latin law, the world of cities, Roman citizenship and Roman western provinces. He actively participated in several important debates within the community, for example on "romanisation". Finally, he has contributed to the systematic inclusion of historiographical constructions in research on Roman history.
His current work focuses on the Roman provincial stories compared to contemporary national models, without neglecting research on the inscriptions, cities and armies of Roman times.