«Monglus Syrio salutem optimam dat» : Correspondence between M.I. Rostovtzeff and F. Cumont

International audienceThis is а preliminary review of correspondence between М. Rostovtzeff (89 letters to F. Cumont, allcoming from the archives of Academia Belgica, Rome) and F. Cumont (67 letters to Rostovtzeff, most of them from the archive of Duke University, Durham, NC). The correspondence refers to the periodbetween 1897 and 1941. Four letters bу Rostovtzeff and four bу Cumont are pubished here inchronological order covering the period from 1927 to 1939. The letters chosen for the pubication reflect the most important of the correspondents' intellectual and scholarly activities. One of the main topics of their letters is, of course, the excavation at Dura Europos conducted bу Yale University and Academie des inscriptions et belles-lettres in 1928-1937. The correspondence also gives some valuabe information on а series of other subjects connected with the history of ancient studies in 1920-40ies and deserving closer attention and further study. The notes on the letters comment the characters, publications and the interesting facts mentioned