charles le beau (october 18, 1701, paris â march 13, 1778, paris) was a french historical writer. he was born in paris, and was educated at the collÃ¨ge de sainte-barbe and the collÃ¨ge du plessis; at the latter he remained as a teacher until he obtained the chair of rhetoric in the collÃ¨ge des grassins. in 1748 he was admitted as a member of the academy of inscriptions, and in 1752 he was nominated professor of latin eloquence at the collÃ¨ge de france. from 1755 onward, he held the office of perpetual secretary to the academy of inscriptions, in which capacity he edited fifteen volumes (from the 25th to the 39th inclusive) of the histoire of that institution.prosopo sociÃ©tÃ©s savantes de france he is best remembered as the author of histoire du bas-empire, en commenÃ§ant Ã  constantin le grand, in 22 volumes (paris, 1756â1779). this is a continuation of charles rollin's histoire romaine and jbl crevier's histoire des empereurs. its usefulness arises entirely from the fact of its being a faithful resume of the byzantine historians. five volumes were added by h.-p. ameilhon (1781â1811), which brought the work down to the fall of constantinople. a later edition was produced by antoine-jean saint-martin and afterwards of marie-fÃ©licitÃ© brosset.oclc worldcat histoire du bas-empire, en commenÃ§ant a constantin le grand == list of works == * histoire de l'acadÃ©mie royale des inscriptions et belles-lettres, avec les mÃ©moires de littÃ©rature, tome xxv Ã  xxxix, 1759-1777. * histoire du bas-empire en commenÃ§ant Ã  constantin le grand, 27 volumes, 1757-1811 (five volumes being added by hubert-pascal ameilhon). * opera latina : carmina, fabulae et narrationes, orationes et oratiunculae, 3 volumes, 1782-1783. * parallÃ¨le curieux des fables en vers latins de m. lebeau avec la fontaine, et tous les poÃ¨tes latins qui ont traitÃ© les mÃªmes fables, 1785 (with jean de la fontaine). ==references== *    
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