Editorial abbreviations
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c. |
circa (about or approximately, used for dates) |
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ed., eds |
edited by |
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ed. pr. |
editio princeps (the first edition of an inscription, papyrus or manuscript) |
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F, FF |
Fragment, Fragments |
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flor. |
floruit: flourished; active during |
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no., nos |
number, numbers |
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praef. |
preface |
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sv, svv |
sub vide, see under |
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trans. |
translated by |
Abbreviations of Ancient Sources
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Adamnan |
(c. AD 624–704) De locis sanctis (On the Holy Places) |
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Ael. |
Aelian (c. AD 165/170–230/235) |
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Hist. |
Varia historia (Hercher, R. (ed.), De natura animalium, Varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Leipzig, 1864–66) |
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Nat. An. |
De natura animalium (On the Nature of Animals) |
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Ael. Tact. |
Aelian the Tactician (second century AD) (Köchly, H. & Rustow, M. (eds), De libris tacticis, Leipzig, 1885) |
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Akropolites |
George Akropolites (AD 1217–1282) History |
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Amb. |
St Ambrose of Milan (AD c. 340–397) |
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Ep. |
Epistles |
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Fide |
De fide (Concerning Faith) |
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Amm. Marc. |
Ammianus Marcellinus (c. AD 330–400) Res gestae (History) |
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Anna Komnene |
(AD 1083–c. 1154) Alexiad |
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Anth. Pal. |
Anthologia Palatina (Palatine Anthology/Greek Anthology), compiled c. AD 940 |
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Apoll. Argon. |
Apollonios of Rhodes (third century BC) The Argonautika (schol.: Wendel, K. (ed.), Scholia in Apollonium Rhodium vetera, Berlin, 1935) |
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Apollod. Bibl. |
Apollodorus (first or second century AD) Bibliotheke (The Library of Mythology) |
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App. |
Appian (c. AD 95–165) |
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Civ. |
Civil War |
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Hisp. |
Spanish War |
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Iber. |
Iberian War |
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It. |
Italian War |
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Lib. |
Punic War |
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Mith. |
Mithridatic War |
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Sam. |
Samnite History |
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Aratus Phaen. |
Aratus (c. 315–240 BC) Phainomena (Phenomena) (schol.: Martin, J. (ed.), Scholia in Aratum vetera, Stuttgart, 1974) |
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Archil. |
Archilochus (c.680–630 BC) (West, M.L. (ed.), Iambi et elegi Graeci ante Alexandrum cantata, vols 1–2, Oxford, 1971– 72) |
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Arist. |
Aristotle (384–322 BC) |
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Hist. An. |
Historia animalium (History of Animals) |
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Pol. |
Politics |
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[Arist.] |
Pseudo–Aristotle |
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Mir. Ausc. |
(late fourth–third century BC?) De mirabilibus auscultationibus (On Marvellous Things Heard) |
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Aristid. Or. |
Aristides (AD 117–c. 181) Orations |
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Arnob. Adv. Nat. |
Arnobius (late third–early fourth century AD) Adversus nationes (Against the Nations; sometimes translated as Against the Heathens) |
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Arr. Anab. |
Arrian (second century AD) Anabasis (Journey of Alexander the Great) |
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Ascensio Isaiae |
(late first–early third century AD) The Ascension of Isaiah |
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Athanasius Ep. |
(c. AD 296–373) Epistles |
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Athen. Deip. |
Athenaeus (c. AD 200) Deipnosophistae (Wise Men at Dinner) |
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Aug. Res Gest. |
Augustus (63 BC–AD 14) Res gestae divi Augusti (The Achievements of the Deified Augustus) |
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August. |
St Augustine (AD 354–430) |
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Civ. |
De civitate dei contra paganos (City of God Against the Pagans) |
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Enn. in Ps. |
Enarrationes in Psalmos (Expositions on the Psalms) |
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Ep. |
Epistles |
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Faust. |
Against Faustus |
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Aur. Vict. Caes. |
Aurelius Victor (c. AD 320–390) De Caesaribus (On the Caesars) |
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See also Ps.-Aur. Vict. |
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Avesta: Yasna |
(fifth–sixth century AD?) (Panaino, A. (ed.), Tištrya. Part I: The Avestan Hymn to Sirius. Part II: The Iranian Myth of the Star Sirius, Rome, 1990–95) |
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Basil Ep. |
St Basil (AD 330–379) Epistles |
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Caes. |
Julius Caesar (100–44 BC) |
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Afr. |
De bello Africo (The War in Africa) |
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Civ. |
De bello civili (Civil War) |
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Gall. |
De bello Gallico (The War in Gaul) |
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Calendarium Gemini |
Geminus (first century BC) Calendar (Manitius, C. (ed.), Gemini elementa astronomiae, Leipzig, 1898) |
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Callim. Aet. |
Callimachus (c. 320–245 BC] Aetia (Causes) (Pfeiffer, R. (ed.), Callimachus, vols 1–2, Oxford, 1949–53) |
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Calp. Ecl. |
Calpurnius Siculus (c. AD 50) Eclogues (Korzeniewski, D. (ed.), Hirtengedichte aus neronischer Zeit. Titus Calpurnius Siculus und die Einsiedler Gedichte, Darmstadt, 1971) |
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Cat. |
Catullus (c. 84–54 BC) Poems |
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Cato |
Cato the Elder (234–149 BC) |
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Agr. |
De agri cultura (On Agriculture), c. 160 BC |
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Mil. |
De re militari (Concerning Military Matters) (Jordan, H., (ed.), M. Catonis Praeter librum de re rustica quae extant, Leipzig, 1860) |
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Celsus Med. |
(reign of Tiberius, AD 14–37) De medicina |
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Cens. Die Nat. |
(third century AD) De die natali |
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Charisius Gramm. |
(fourth century AD) Ars grammatica (Barwick, C. (ed.), Flavii Sosipatri Charisii artis grammaticae libri V, Leipzig, 1964) |
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Choniates Hist. |
Niketas Choniates (c. AD 1155–1217) Chronike diegesis (History) |
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Chron. Pasch. |
Chronicon Paschale (AD 284–627) |
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Cic. |
Cicero (106–43 BC) |
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Att. |
Letters to Atticus, 65–43 BC |
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Caecin. |
Pro Caecina, 69 BC |
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Catil. |
Against Catiline, 63 BC |
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Deiot. |
Pro rege Deiotaro AD C. Caesarem oratio, 45 BC |
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Div. |
De divinatione (On Divination), 44 BC |
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Dom. |
De domo sua (On His House), 57 BC |
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Fam. |
Ad familiares (Letters to His Friends), 62–43 BC |
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Fin. |
De finibus bonorum et malorum (On the Ends of Good and Evil), 44 BC |
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Font. |
Pro Fonteio, 69 BC |
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Har. Resp. |
De haruspicum responsis (On the Response of the Haruspices), 57 BC |
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Leg. |
De legibus (On the Laws), 52–43? BC |
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Leg. Agr. |
De lege agraria (On the Agrarian Law), 63 BC |
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Leg. Man. |
De lege Manilia (De imperio Gnaei Pompei: On the Command of Gnaeus Pompey), 66 BC |
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Marcell. |
Pro Marcello, 46 BC |
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Nat. Deor. |
De natura deorum (On the Nature of the Gods), 45 BC |
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Off. |
De officiis (On Duties), 44 BC |
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Orat. |
De oratore (On Oratory), 55 BC |
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Phil. |
Philippicae (Philippics), 44–43 BC |
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Pis. |
In Pisonem (Against Piso), 55 BC |
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Prov. |
De provinciis consularibus (Concerning the Consular Provinces), 56 BC |
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Rep. |
De re publica (On the Republic), 51 BC |
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Sull. |
Pro Sulla (In Defence of Sulla), 62 BC |
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Tusc. |
Tusculanae disputationes (Tusculan Disputations), 45 BC |
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Verr. |
In Verrem (Against Verres), 70 BC |
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Claud. |
Claudian (c. AD 370–404) |
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Carm. Min. |
Carmina minora (Shorter Poems) |
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VI Cons. Hon. |
VI Consulatu Honorii Augusti (On the Sixth Consulship of the Emperor Honorius) |
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Clem. Al. Protr. |
Clement of Alexandria (c.AD 150–215) Protreptikos (Exhortation to the Greeks) |
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Cod. Just. |
Codex Justinianus (Lawcode of Justinian) |
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Const. Porph. |
Constantine Porphyrogennetos (AD 905–959) |
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Cer. |
De ceremoniis (On Ceremonies) |
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DAI |
De administrando imperio (On the Administration of the Empire) |
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Corippus |
Flavius Cresconius Corippus (sixth century AD) Iohannis (Tale of John) |
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Curt. |
Curtius Rufus (died AD 53) Historiae Alexandri Magni (History of Alexander the Great) |
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C.Th. |
Codex Theodosianus (Lawcode of Theodosius) |
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Cypr. Ep. |
Cyprian (c. AD 200–258) Epistles |
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Dio |
Cassius Dio (c. AD 155–235) Roman History (753 BC–AD 229) |
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Dio Chrys. Or. |
Dio Chrysostom (c. AD 40–112) Orations |
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Diod. |
Diodorus Siculus (first century BC) Bibliotheca historica (World History) |
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Diog. Laert. |
Diogenes Laertius (third century AD) Eminent Philosophers |
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Dion. Hal. Rom. Ant. |
Dionysius of Halicarnassus (60–c. 7 BC) Roman Antiquities |
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Dioscorides |
(first century BC) De materia medica (On Medical Matters) |
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Enn. |
Ennius (239–169 BC) |
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Ann. |
Annals (Skutsch, O. (ed.), The Annals of Q. Ennius, Oxford, 1985) |
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Hec. Lyt. |
Hectoris lytra (Ransom of Hector) (ROL: see below) |
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Ephraim Syrus |
(c. AD 306–373) Hymni contra Iulianum (Hymns Against the Emperor Julian) |
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Epict. Disc. |
Epictetus (c. AD 50–130) Discourses |
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Eur. Alc. |
Euripides (480s–407/06 BC) Alcestis (438 BC) |
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Euseb. |
Eusebius of Caesarea (c. AD 260–339) |
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Chron. |
Chronicle |
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Hist. Eccl. |
Historia ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History) |
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Laus Const. |
Laus Constantini (In Praise of Constantine; or Tricennalian Oration) |
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Vit. Const. |
Vita Constantini (Life of Constantine) |
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Eutr. |
Eutropius (c. AD 350–400) Breviarium historiae Romanae (Summary of Roman History) |
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Evagrius |
Evagrius Scholasticus (c. AD 537–after 594) Historia ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History) |
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Festus |
Festus (late second century AD) De verborum significatu (On the Meaning of Words) (L: Lindsay, W.M. (ed.), Sexti Pompei Festi De verborum significatu quae supersunt cum Pauli epitome, Stuttgart, 1913) |
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Flor. Epit. |
Florus (c. AD 74–130) Epitome of Roman History |
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Front. Strat. |
Frontinus (died AD 103/04) Stratagems |
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Fulcher Hist. |
Fulcher of Chartres (c. AD 1058–1127) Historia Hierosolymitana (History of Jerusalem) |
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Gai. |
Gaius (c. AD 140–180) Institutes |
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Galen |
Galen (AD 129–216) (K: Kühn, C.G., Claudii Galeni opera omnia, Leipzig, 1821–33) See CMG (below) |
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Gell. Noct. Att. |
Aulus Gellius (c. AD 130–180) Noctes Atticae (Attic Nights) |
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Gennadius |
Gennadius II Scholarius (Patriarch of Constantinople: c. AD 1400–1473) Dialogus Christiani cum Iudaeo (Dialogue of a Christian with a Jew) (Jahn, A. (ed.), Anecdota Graeca theologica, Bern, 1893) |
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Geoponica |
Agricultural Matters (tenth century AD) (Beckh, H. (ed.), Geoponica sive Cassiani Bassi Scholastici, De re rustica eclogae, Leipzig, 1895) |
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Germ. Aratus |
Germanicus (15 BC–AD 19) Claudi Caesaris Arati Phaenomena (Germanicus’ Translation of the Phaenomena of Aratus) |
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Greg. Naz. Or. |
(c. AD 329–390) Orations |
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Gregory of Nyssa |
(c. AD 335–395) Homily on the Forty Martyrs |
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Gregory of Tours |
(c. AD 538–594) |
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Hist. Franc. |
History of the Franks |
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Hdn |
Herodian of Antioch (c. AD 170–240) History of the Roman Empire from the Death of Marcus Aurelius (AD 180–238) |
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Hdt. |
Herodotus (second half of the fifth century BC) Histories |
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Heracl. Quaest. Hom. |
Heraclitus (c.500 BC) Quaestiones Homericae (Homeric Questions) |
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Herakl. Pont. |
Herakleides Pontikos (Wehrli, F. (ed.), Die Schule des Aristoteles. Texte und Kommentar, vol. 7, Basel, 1969) |
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Hes. Theog. |
Hesiod (writing around 700 BC) Theogony See also Ps.-Hes. |
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Hippocr. |
Hippocrates (the writings date to the late fifth–mid-fourth century BC] (Jones, W.H.S. (ed.), Hippocrates, London, 1923; Littré, E. (ed.), Oeuvres complètes d’Hippocrate, Paris, 1839–61) |
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Epid. |
Epidemics |
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Reg. |
On Regimen in Acute Diseases |
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Hippol. Ref. |
Hippolytus (c. AD 170–236) Refutation of Heresies |
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Hom. |
Homer (eighth century BC) |
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Il. |
Iliad |
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Od. |
Odyssey |
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Hor. |
Horace (65–8 BC) |
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Epist. |
Epistles, 1: 21 BC; 2: 11 BC |
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Epod. |
Epodes, 30 BC |
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Od. |
Odes, 23 BC |
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Sat. |
Satires, 35–30 BC |
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Hyg. Astr. |
Hyginus (first century AD) Astronomica |
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Isid. Etym. |
Isidore (AD 560–636) Etymologies |
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Isoc. Philip. |
Isocrates (436–338 BC) Philippus |
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Jer. |
St Jerome (Hieronymus) (AD 347–420) |
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Ep. |
Epistles |
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Vir. Ill. |
De viris illustribus (Lives of Illustrious Men) |
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Johanan b.Zakkai |
(Jewish sage, first century AD) (Goldschmidt, L. (ed.), Der Babylonische Talmud, Berlin, 1897–1912; trans. Gittin, V., The Babylonian Talmud, vol. 6, Berlin, 1932) |
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John of Nikiu |
Chronicle (late seventh century AD) |
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Joseph. |
Josephus (AD 37–c. 100) |
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Jud. Ant. |
Jewish Antiquities |
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Bell. Jud. |
Bellum Judaicum (Jewish Wars) |
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C. Ap. |
Contra Apion (Against Apion) |
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Julian |
Julian (Emperor) (AD 331–363) |
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Ep. |
Epistulae (Letters) |
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Ep. Ath. |
Epistula AD SPQ Atheniarum (Letter to the Senate and People of Athens) |
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Julius Exuperantius |
History (fourth or fifth century AD) |
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Just. |
Justin (second century AD) Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus |
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Justinian Novellae |
Justinian I (Emperor) (c. AD 482–565) Novellae Constitutiones (Novels/New Constitutions) See also Cod. Just. |
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Juv. Sat. |
Juvenal Satires (c. AD 65–127) |
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Kekaumenos |
(c. AD 1020–1080) Strategikon (Precepts) |
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Lactant. |
(c. AD 250–325) |
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Div. Inst. |
Divine Institutes |
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Mort. Pers. |
On the Deaths of the Persecutors |
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Leo Deac. |
Leo the Deacon (c. AD 950–995) History |
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Liban. Or. |
Libanius (AD 314–393) Orations |
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Livy |
Livy (59 BC–AD 17) History of Rome |
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Per. |
Periochae (Summaries of the Books) |
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Luc. |
Lucan (AD 38–65) Pharsalia (On the Civil War) |
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Lucian Menippus |
(c. AD 125–180) Menippus (The Descent into Hades) |
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Lucill. |
Gaius Lucillius (180–102 BC) (Marx, F. (ed.), C. Lucili carminum reliquiae, vols 1–2, Leipzig, 1904–05) |
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Lucr. |
Lucretius (first century BC) De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things) |
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Lycophron |
(third century BC) (Scheer, E. (ed.), Lycophronis Alexandra. Scholia, vol. 2, Berlin, 1908) |
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Lyd. Mens. |
John the Lydian (sixth century AD), De mensibus (Concerning the Months) |
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Macrob. Sat. |
Macrobius (fifth century AD) Saturnalia |
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Malalas |
John Malalas (c. AD 491–578) Chronicle |
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Manil. Astr. |
Manilius (first century AD) Astronomica |
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Maximus of Turin |
(c. AD 380–465) Sermons |
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Mart. Ep. |
Martial (c. AD 38–104) Epigrams |
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Mart. Cap. |
Martianus Capella (flor. AD 425) De septem disciplinis (On the Seven Disciplines) |
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Maurice Strategikon |
(attributed to the Byzantine emperor Maurice: AD 539–602) |
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Min. Fel. |
Minucius Felix (late second or early third century AD) Octavius |
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Naev. Inc. |
Gnaeus Naevius (c. 270–200 BC) Incertis fragmenta (ROL: see below) |
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Nechepso & Petosiris |
(second–first century BC) (Ries, E. (ed.), Nechepsonis et Petosiridis fragmenta magica, Leipzig, 1891) |
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Nep. Att. |
Nepos (100–24 BC) Life of Atticus |
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Nigidius Figulus |
Nigidius Figulus (98–c. 45 BC) Sphaera graecanica (Swoboda, A. (ed.), P. Nigidii Figuli operum reliquiae, Amsterdam, 1889) |
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Nikander Ther. |
(second century BC) Theriaka (On Venomous Beasts) |
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Nonn. Dion. |
Nonnos (flor. AD 450–470) Dionysiaca |
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Not. Dig. |
Notitia dignitatum (List of Offices) (c. AD 395–420) |
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Obsequens |
Julius Obsequens Liber de prodigiis (Book of Prodigies; fourth-century AD epitomator of the prodigies recorded in Livy for 249–11 BC) |
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Olympiodorus |
(sixth century AD) (Stüve, W. (ed.), Olympiodori in Aristotelis meteora commentaria, Berlin, 1900) |
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Onasander Strat. |
(first century AD) Strategikos (On Generalship) |
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Optat. |
St Optatus of Milevis (St Optate) (fourth century ad) |
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Oracula Sibyllina |
Sibylline Oracles (compiled sixth century AD) (Kurfeß, A. & Gauger, J.-D. (eds), Sibyllinische Weissagungen. Griechisch-deutsch, Darmstadt, 1998) |
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Oration to the Saints |
Constantine I (Emperor) (c. AD 272–337) Oratio ad sanctos (Oration to the Saints) |
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Oribasius Coll. Med. |
(c. AD 320–400) Medical Collections |
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Origen Cels. |
(c. AD 184–253] Contra Celsum (Against Celsus) |
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Oros. |
Paulus Orosius (AD 375–after 418) Historiae adversus paganos (History Against the Pagans) |
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Ovid |
(43 BC–AD 17) |
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Am. |
Amores |
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Fasti |
Festivals of the Roman Calendar (January–June) |
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Her. |
Heroides |
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Metam. |
Metamorphoses |
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Trist. |
Tristia |
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Pac. Teuc. |
Pacuvius (220–130 BC) Teucer (ROL: see below) |
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Palladius |
(late fourth or early fifth century AD) Opus agriculturae (On Farming) |
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Pan. Lat. |
Panegyrici latini (The Latin Panegyrics) (AD 289–389; multiple authors) |
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Passio sancti Pauli |
Passio sancti Pauli apostoli (fourth–fifth century AD) (Lipsius, R.A. (ed.), Acta apostolorum Apocrypha I, Leipzig, 1891) |
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Paul of Aegina |
(AD 620–690) Medical Compendium |
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Paul the Deacon |
(eighth century AD) Historia romana (Roman History) See Festus |
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Paulinus of Nola Ep. |
(AD 354–431) Epistles |
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Paus. |
Pausanias (wrote c. AD 150) Description of Greece |
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Petron. |
Petronius (died AD 66) Satyricon |
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Philo |
Philo Judaeus (c. 15 BC–AD 50) Embassy to Gaius (Caligula) |
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Philostorgios |
(AD 368–c. 439) |
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Hist. Eccl. |
Historia ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History) |
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Philostr. Apoll. |
Philostratos (died AD 244–249) Life of Apollonios of Tyre |
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Phlegon Mir. |
Phlegon of Tralles (reign of Hadrian AD 117–138) Mirabilia (Curiosities) |
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Plaut. |
Plautus (254–184 BC) |
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Asin. |
Asinaria |
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Amph. |
Amphitryon |
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Bacch. |
Bacchides |
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Capt. |
Captivi |
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Cas. |
Casina |
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Epid. |
Epidicus |
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Mil. |
Miles Gloriosus |
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Mostell. |
Mostellaria |
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Stich. |
Stichus |
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Truc. |
Truculentus |
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Pliny Nat. Hist. |
Pliny the Elder (AD 23/24–79) Natural History |
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Pliny |
Pliny the Younger (AD 61–117) |
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Ep. |
Epistles |
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Pan. |
Panegyricus |
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Plut. |
Plutarch (second century AD) |
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Aem. |
Aemilius Paulus |
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Alex. |
Alexander |
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Ant. |
Mark Antony |
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Caes. |
Julius Caesar |
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Cam. |
Furius Camillus |
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Cat. |
Cato |
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Comp. Dem. Ant. |
Comparison of Demetrius and Antony |
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Cor. |
Coriolanus |
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Crass. |
Marcus Licinius Crassus |
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Fab. |
Fabius Maximus |
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Gal. |
Galba |
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Luc. |
Lucullus |
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Mar. |
C. Marius |
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Marc. |
M. Claudius Marcellus |
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Mor. |
Moralia |
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Nic. |
Nicias |
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Num. |
Numa |
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Pomp. |
Cn. Pompey (Magnus) |
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Pyrrh. |
Pyrrhus |
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Rom. |
Romulus |
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Rom. Quest. |
Roman Questions (Moralia) |
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Sull. |
L. Cornelius Sulla |
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Them. |
Themistocles |
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Thes. |
Theseus |
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Tib. Gr. |
Tiberius Gracchus |
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Polyb. |
Polybius (c.200–118 BC) Histories |
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Porph. Nymph. |
Porphyry (AD 234–c. 305) De antro nympharum (On the Cave of the Nymphs) |
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Procop. |
Procopius (c. AD 507–after 555) |
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Pers. |
Persian War |
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Vand. |
Vandalic War |
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Prop. El. |
Propertius (c. 50–15 BC) Elegies |
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Prosper of Aquitaine |
(c. AD 390–455) De vocatione omnium gentium (Concerning the Calling of All Peoples) |
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Epitome chronikon |
(Epitome of Chronicles) |
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Prudent. Symm. |
Prudentius (AD 348–c. 405) Libri contra Symmachum (Books Against Symmachus) |
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Ps.-Aur. Vict. |
Pseudo-Aurelius Victor (date unknown) |
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Orig. Gent. Rom. |
De origo gentis romanae (The Origin of the Roman People) See also Vir. Ill. |
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Ps.-Herakl. Ep. |
Pseudo-Herakleitos Epistulae (Westermann, A. (ed.), Heracliti, Epistolae quae feruntur, Leipzig, 1857) |
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Ps.-Hes. |
Pseudo-Hesiod (sixth century BC ?) Scutum (The Shield of Hercules) |
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Ps.-Hyg. Mun. Cas. |
Pseudo-Hyginus (late first–early second century AD) De munitionibus castrorum (On the Fortifications of Camps) |
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Ps.-Sen. Oct. |
Pseudo-Seneca (early second century AD) Octavia |
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Ps.-Skyl. |
Pseudo-Skylitzes (eleventh century AD?) Orbis descriptio (Description of the World) |
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Psellos Chron. |
Michael Psellos (AD 1018–after 1081) Chronographia (History) |
|
Quint. Inst. |
Quintilian (c. AD 35–100) Institutio oratoria (Institutes of Oratory), AD c. 95 |
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Rhetorius |
(fifth–sixth century AD) (Cumont, F. & Boll, F. et al. (eds), Catalogus codicum astrologorum graecorum, Brussels, 1898– 1953) |
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Robert of Clari |
(died after AD 1216) La conquête de Constantinople (Conquest of Constantinople) |
|
Rufinus Hist. Eccl. |
(c. AD 344–411) Historia ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History) |
|
Rufus |
Rufus of Ephesus (c. AD 100) Medical Questions |
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Russian Primary |
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Chronicle |
(c. AD 1113) |
|
Sall. |
Sallust (86–35 BC) |
|
Cat. |
The Conspiracy of Catiline |
|
Hist. |
Histories |
|
Jug. |
Jugurthine War |
|
Scribonius Largus |
(c. AD 1–after 47) De compositione medicamentorum liber (On the Composition of Medicines) |
|
Sen. |
Seneca the Younger (1 BC–AD 65) |
|
Ben. |
De beneficiis (On Benefactions) |
|
Clem. |
De clementia (On Clemency) |
|
Constant. |
De constantia sapientis (On the Constancy of the Sage) |
|
Ep. |
Epistles |
|
Nat. Quaest. |
Naturales quaestiones (Questions of Natural Philosophy) See too Ps.-Sen. Oct. |
|
Serv. |
Servius (late fourth–early fifth century AD) Commentary on Virgil |
|
Aen. |
Aeneid |
|
Ecl. |
Eclogues |
|
Georg. |
Georgics |
|
SHA |
Scriptores historiae Augustae (late fourth century AD) |
|
Alex. Sev. |
Alexander Severus |
|
Aurel. |
Aurelian |
|
Comm. |
Commodus |
|
Hadr. |
Hadrian |
|
Marc. |
Marcus Aurelius |
|
Sil. Ital. Pun. |
Silus Italicus (AD 25–101) Punica |
|
Skylitzes |
John Skylitzes (second half of the eleventh century) Synopsis historiarum (Synopsis of History) |
|
Socrates Hist. Eccl. |
(c. AD 380–439) Historia ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History) |
|
Solin. Coll. Mem. |
Solinus (early third century BC) Collectanea rerum memorabilium (Collections of Curiosities) |
|
Sozom. |
Sozomen (AD 400–c. 450) Historia ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History) |
|
Stat. |
Statius (AD 45–96) |
|
Sil. |
Silvae |
|
Theb. |
Thebaid |
|
Strabo |
Strabo (born c. 64 BC, writing in Augustus’ reign) Geography |
|
Suet. |
Suetonius (c. AD 69–122) Lives of the Twelve Caesars |
|
Aug. |
Augustus |
|
Caes. |
Julius Caesar |
|
Calig. |
Caligula |
|
Claud. |
Claudius |
|
Dom. |
Domitian |
|
Galb. |
Galba |
|
Ner. |
Nero |
|
Oth. |
Otho |
|
Tib. |
Tiberius |
|
Vesp. |
Vespasian |
|
Vitell. |
Vitellius |
|
Suida |
(end of the tenth century AD) (Adler, A. (ed.), Suidae lexicon, vols 1–5, Leipzig, 1928–38) |
|
Sulpicius Severus |
(c. AD 363–425) Vita Martini (Life of St Martin) |
|
Symm. Rel. |
Symmachus (c. AD 345–402) Relationes (Letters to Emperors) |
|
Tac. |
Tacitus (AD 56–120) |
|
Agr. |
Agricola |
|
Ann. |
Annals |
|
Germ. |
Germania |
|
Hist. |
Histories |
|
Tert. |
Tertullian (c. AD 155–240) |
|
Anim. |
De anima (On the Soul) |
|
Apol. |
Apologeticus (Apology) |
|
Cor. Mil. |
De corona militis (On the Military Crown) |
|
Idol. |
De idolatria (On Idolatry) |
|
Nat. |
Ad nationes (To the Nations) |
|
Scap. |
Ad scapulam (To Scapula) |
|
Spect. |
De spectaculis (Concerning the Spectacles) |
|
Theocritus |
Theocritus (c. 300–260 BC) Idylls |
|
Theodore Synkellos |
(first half of the seventh century) Homily on the Siege of Constantinople in 626 |
|
Theodoret |
(c. AD 393–466) |
|
Ep. |
Epistles |
|
Hist. Eccl. |
Historia ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History) |
|
Theoph. |
Theophrastos (372–288 BC) |
|
Caus. Plan. |
De causis plantarum (On the Causes of Plants) |
|
Char. |
Characters |
|
Hist. Plant. |
Historia plantarum (Enquiry into Plants) |
|
Theophylact |
Theophylact Simocatta (seventh century AD) Historiae (Histories) |
|
Tib. El. |
Tibullus (55–19 BC) Elegies |
|
Tyr. |
Tyrtaeus (c. 640 BC) |
|
Ulpian |
(c. AD 170–230) Domitii Ulpiani fragmenta |
|
Val. Flacc. |
Valerius Flaccus (first century AD) Argonautica |
|
Val. Max. |
Valerius Maximus (writing in the reign of Tiberius: AD 14–37) Facta et dicta memorabilia (Memorable Deeds and Words) |
|
Varro |
M. Terentius Varro (116–27 BC) |
|
Ant. Hum. Div. |
Antiquitates rerum humanarum et divinarum (Antiquities of Human and Divine Matters) (Cardauns, B. (ed.), M. Terentius Varro: Antiquitates rerum humanarum et divinarum, vols 1–2, Wiesbaden, 1976) |
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Ling. Lat. |
De lingua latina (On the Latin Language) |
|
Rust. |
Rerum rusticarum (On Rural Matters) |
|
Vita Pop. Rom. |
De vita populi romani (On the Life of the Roman People) (Riposati, B. (ed.), M. Terenti Varronis de vita populi romani, Milan, 1939) |
|
Veg. Mil. |
P. Flavius Vegetius Renatus (late fourth century AD) Epitoma rei militaris (Epitome of Military Matters) |
|
Vell. Pat. |
Velleius Paterculus (19 BC–ad 31) Historia romana (Roman History) |
|
Vir. Ill. |
Pseudo-Aurelius Victor De viris illustribus urbis Romae (On the Famous Men of the City of Rome) (Pichlmayr, F. (ed.), De viris illustribus urbis Romae, Leipzig, 1911) |
|
Virg. |
Virgil (70–19 BC) |
|
Aen. |
Aeneid |
|
Ecl. |
Eclogues |
|
Georg. |
Georgics |
|
Vita Alexandri |
Life of Alexander (the Great) (van Thiel, H. (ed.), Leben und Taten Alexanders von Makedonien. Der griechische Alexanderroman nach der Handschrift L, Darmstadt, 1974) |
|
Vitr. Arch. |
Vitruvius (first century BC) De architectura |
|
William of Tyre |
(AD c.1130–1186) History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea |
|
Xanth. Hist. Eccl. |
Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos (c. AD 1256–1335) Historia ecclesiastica |
|
Xen. |
Xenophon (430–c. 355 BC) |
|
Hell. |
Hellenica |
|
Mem. |
Memorabilia |
|
Zon. |
Zonaras (AD 1074–1130) Epitome historiae (Historical Epitome) |
|
Zos. |
Zosimus (c. AD 500) Historia nova (New History) |
Abbreviations of Modern Works, including Editions of Inscriptions
|
AB |
Analecta Bollandiana |
|
AC |
L’Antiquité classique |
|
AE |
L’Année épigraphique |
|
Aevum |
Aevum: rassegna di scienze storiche, linguistiche e filologiche |
|
AJA |
American Journal of Archaeology |
|
AJAH |
American Journal of Ancient History |
|
AJPh |
American Journal of Philology |
|
AncSoc |
Ancient Society |
|
ANRW |
Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt |
|
ArchClass |
Archéologia classica |
|
BABesch |
Bulletin antieke beschaving: Annual Papers on Classical Archaeology |
|
BAR |
British Archaeological Reports |
|
BCTH |
Bulletin archéologique du Comité des travaux historique |
|
BHG |
Halkin, F. (ed.), Bibliotheca hagiographica graeca, 3rd edn, Brussels, 1957 |
|
BICS |
Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies of the University of London |
|
BM |
British Museum |
|
BMC |
Mattingly, H., Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum (BMC), London, 1923 |
|
BN |
Biblische Notizen |
|
BS |
Byzantinoslavica |
|
BSA |
Annual of the British School at Athens |
|
Byz |
Byzantion |
|
BZ |
Byzantinische Zeitschrift |
|
CCID |
Hörig, M. & Schwertheim, E., Corpus cultus Iovis Dolicheni, Leiden, 1987 |
|
CGL |
Corpus grammaticorum latinorum |
|
ChHist |
Church History |
|
CIL |
Corpus inscriptionum latinarum, Berlin, 1893–1986 |
|
CIMRM |
Vermaseren, M.J. (ed.), Corpus inscriptionum et monumentorum religionis Mithriacae, vols 1–2, Den Haag, 1956–60 |
|
ClAnt |
Classical Antiquity |
|
CMG |
Corpus medicorum graecorum |
|
CNG |
Classical Numismatic Group |
|
CPh |
Classical Philology |
|
CQ |
Classical Quarterly |
|
Crawford RRC |
Crawford, M.H., Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge, 1974 |
|
CrSt |
Cristianesimo nella Storia: Ricerche Storiche, Esegetiche, Teologiche |
|
CSIR |
Corpus signorum imperii romani, Oxford, 1982–present |
|
CW |
The Classical World |
|
DHA |
Dialogues d’histoire ancienne |
|
DialArch |
Dialoghi di archéologia |
|
DOP |
Dumbarton Oaks Papers |
|
Emerita |
Emerita: revista de linguística y filologia clásica |
|
EO |
Echos d’Orient |
|
FGrH |
Jacoby, F., Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker, Berlin, 1923–58; Fornara, C.W., vol. iiic fasc. 1–, Leiden, 1994 |
|
FHG |
Müller, K. (ed.), Fragmenta historicorum graecorum, vols i–iv, Paris, 1841–73. |
|
G&R |
Greece and Rome |
|
GRF |
Funaioli, G. (ed.), Grammaticae romanae fragmenta, Stuttgart, 1969 |
|
Helios |
Helios. A Journal Devoted to Critical and Methodological Studies of Classical Culture, Literature and Society |
|
Hermes |
Hermes: Zeitschrift für klassische Philologie |
|
Historia |
Historia: Zeitschrift für alte Geschichte |
|
HSCPh |
Harvard Studies in Classical Philology |
|
HThR |
Harvard Theological Review |
|
ICUR |
Rossi, J.B. de (ed.), Inscriptiones Christianae urbis Romae, Rome, 1857–88 |
|
IDR |
Inscriptiones Daciae Romanae |
|
IG ii2 |
Inscriptiones Graecae, vol. ii, 2nd edn, Berlin, 1913–40 |
|
IG iv2 1 |
Inscriptiones Graecae, vol. iv, part 1, 2nd edn, Berlin, 1929 |
|
ILAf |
Wilmanns, G. et al. (eds), Inscriptiones latinae Africae, Berlin, 1881–1916 |
|
ILCV |
Diehl, E. (ed.), Inscriptiones latinae Christianae veteres, Berlin, 1961 |
|
ILLRP |
Degrassi, A. (ed.), Inscriptiones latinae liberae rei publicae, vols 1–2, Florence, 1957–63 |
|
ILS |
Dessau, H. (ed.), Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae, vols 1–5, Berlin, 1892–1916 |
|
ILTun |
Merlin, A. (ed.), Inscriptions latines de la Tunisie, Paris, 1944 |
|
InscrIt xiii |
Degrassi, A. (ed.), Inscriptiones Italiae xiii: Fasti et elogia, vols 1–2, Rome, 1937 |
|
JAAR |
Journal of the American Academy of Religion |
|
JAH |
Journal of Ancient History |
|
JBL |
Journal of Biblical Literature |
|
JDAI |
Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts |
|
JECS |
Journal of Early Christian Studies |
|
JMH |
Journal of Medieval History |
|
JRA |
Journal of Roman Archaeology |
|
JRMES |
Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies |
|
JRS |
Journal of Roman Studies |
|
KAI |
Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften |
|
Klio |
Klio. Beiträge zur alten Geschichte |
|
Latomus |
Latomus: Revue d’études latines |
|
LIMC |
Lexicon iconographicum mythologiae classicae |
|
LSJ9 |
Liddell, H.G., Scott, R., Jones, H.S. et al., A Greek-English Lexicon, 9th edn with a Revised Supplement, Oxford, 1996 |
|
MAAR |
Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome |
|
MDAI(A) |
Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung |
|
MDAI(R) |
Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Römische Abteilung |
|
MEFRA |
Mélanges d’archéologie et d’histoire de l’École française de Rome. Antiquité |
|
Mnemosyne |
Mnemosyne: bibliotheca classica Batava |
|
NC |
Numismatic Chronicle |
|
Nikephoros |
Nikephoros: Zeitschrift für Sport und Kultur im Altertum |
|
NTS |
New Testament Studies |
|
Numen |
Numen. International Review for the History of Religions |
|
OJA |
Oxford Journal of Archaeology |
|
OLD |
Glare, P.G.W., Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd edn, vols 1–2, Oxford, 2012 |
|
Ollodagos |
Ollodagos: Actes de la société belge d’études celtiques |
|
Pallas |
Pallas. Revue d’études antiques |
|
PP |
Parola del Passato |
|
P. Bodmer |
Bodmer Papyri |
|
P. Dura |
Dura Papyri |
|
P. Oxy. |
Oxyrhynchus Papyri |
|
PBSR |
Papers of the British School at Rome |
|
PEG i |
Bernabé, A., Poetarum epicorum Graecorum testimonia et fragmenta, Pars i, Leipzig, 1987 |
|
PG |
Patrologia Graeca (Migne, J.-P. (ed.), vols 1–161, Paris, 1857–66) |
|
Philologus |
Philologus: Zeitschrift für Antike Literatur und ihre Rezeption |
|
Phoenix |
Phoenix: Journal of the Classical Association of Canada/Revue de la société canadienne des études classiques |
|
PL |
Patrologia Latina (Migne, J.-P. (ed.), vols 1–221, Paris, 1841–65) |
|
PLRE |
Martindale, J.R. (ed.), The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. 2, Cambridge, 1980 |
|
Powell CA |
Powell, J.U. (ed.), Collectanea Alexandrina: reliquiae minores poetarum graecorum aetatis ptolemaicae, 323–146 A.C., Oxford, 1925 |
|
PSI |
Papiri della Società Italiana |
|
RA |
Revue Archéologique |
|
RAC |
Rivista di Archéologia Cristiana |
|
RE |
Pauly Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Stuttgart, 1890–1978 |
|
REB |
Revue des études byzantines |
|
REJ |
Revue des études juives |
|
REL |
Revue des études latines |
|
RevPhil |
Revue de philologie, de littérature et d’histoire anciennes |
|
RHR |
Revue de l’histoire des religions |
|
RIB |
Roman Inscriptions of Britain |
|
RIC |
Mattingly, H. et al. (eds), The Roman Imperial Coinage, vols 1–10, London, 1923–94 |
|
RIU |
Die römischen Inschriften Ungarns |
|
RhM |
Rheinisches Museum für Philologie |
|
ROL |
Warmington, E.H. (ed. & trans.), Remains of Old Latin, vols 1–4, London, 1935–40 |
|
RPAA |
Rendiconti della Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archéologia, Serie III |
|
RPC |
Burnett, A. et al., Roman Provincial Coinage, vols 1–2, London, 1992 |
|
RRC |
Crawford, M.H., Roman Republican Coinage, vols 1–2, Cambridge, 1974 |
|
RVW |
Engels, D. (ed.), Das römische Vorzeichenwesen (753–27 v. Chr.): Quellen, Terminologie, Kommentar, historische Entwicklung, Stuttgart, 2007 |
|
Saeculum |
Saeculum: Jahrbuch für Universalgeschichte |
|
Scheer |
Scheer, E. (ed.), Lycophronis Alexandra. Scholia, vol. 2, Berlin, 1908 |
|
SE |
Studi etruschi |
|
Steinby LTUR |
Steinby, E.M. (ed.), Lexicon topographicum urbis Romae, vols 1–6, Rome, 1993–2000 |
|
StudPat |
Studia Patristica |
|
Sydenham CRR |
Sydenham, E.A., The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, 1952 |
|
TAPhA |
Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association |
|
TAPhS |
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society |
|
ThesCRA |
Thesaurus cultus et rituum antiquorum |
|
Thll |
Thesaurus lingua latina |
|
VChr |
Vigiliae christianae |
|
WS |
Wiener Studien: Zeitschrift für Klassische Philologie, Patristik und Lateinische Tradition |
|
YCS |
Yale Classical Studies |
|
ZAC |
Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum |
|
ZNW |
Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft |
|
ZRGG |
Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte |
Notes on Contributors
Gerhard Baudy
Gerhard Baudy, born in 1950 in Zweibrücken, Germany, studied Classical Philology and German studies in Saarbrücken and Tübingen, where in 1977 he completed his dissertation concerning ancient Greek attitudes to death. Between 1977 and 1989 he was Assistant Professor at the University of Kiel, until his habilitation with a thesis concerning agricultural myths in ancient Greek literature. From 1994–2015 he was Professor for Greek Studies at the University of Konstanz. His publications concern mainly the religions of the eastern Mediterranean area.
Yann le Bohec
Yann le Bohec, born in Carthage (Tunisia) in 1943, is an Emeritus Professor at Sorbonne University. He has especially studied Roman Gaul, Roman Africa and the Roman Army. He has written some thirty books and more than 200 articles. Among his publications, particular mention must be made of his seminal monograph, The Imperial Roman Army (London, 1994). He was also General Editor of The Encyclopedia of the Roman Army (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015, in three volumes). His latest book is in French, La vie quotidienne des soldats romains (31 avant J.-C.-235 apràs J.-C.) (Paris, 2020).
Megan Daniels
Megan Daniels is Assistant Professor of Greek Material Culture at the University of British Columbia. Her interests focus on cultural interactions in the eastern Mediterranean in the Late Bronze and Iron Ages. She is currently completing a monograph on the shared ideologies of divine kingship between the Aegean and western Asia through the figure of the Queen of Heaven. Further interests include interdisciplinary approaches to ancient migration and the intersections of religion and economy in the ancient Mediterranean. She publishes mainly on religious syncretism in the contexts of economic and political expansion in the Mediterranean, and is also currently preparing publications on pottery from sites in Greece and Tunisia.
Matthew Dillon
Matthew Dillon, the Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of New England, Armidale, studied as an undergraduate and postgraduate at the University of Queensland. He has published on Greek and Roman history, with a special focus on ancient Greek religion. His most recent monograph is Omens and Oracles: Divination in Ancient Greece. Prophecy for the Future, Guidance for the Present, Knowledge of the Past (Routledge, 2017). He has wide teaching interests, reflected in two source-books and two textbooks on ancient Greece and Republican Rome.
Lynda Garland
Lynda Garland was Professor of Ancient and Medieval History at the University of New England, Australia. She is now an Honorary Research Professor in the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Queensland. Her main research interests are in the areas of Byzantine studies, the Crusades and ancient history. With Matthew Dillon, she is the author of two source-books and two textbooks on ancient Greece and Republican Rome.
Georgia L. Irby
Georgia L. Irby, Professor of Classical Studies at William and Mary, works on the history of Greek and Roman science. She received her PhD in Classical Philology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is the author of Military Religion in Roman Britain (E.J. Brill, 1999) and editor of A Companion to Science, Technology and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome, in two volumes (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016). Her current book project, Water in the Greco-Roman World (two volumes: vol. 1: Conceptions of the Watery World; vol. 2: Using and Conquering the Watery World), is forthcoming from Bloomsbury.
Christopher W. Malone
Christopher W. Malone is currently an Honorary Associate at the University of Sydney. His research interests include intersections of religion and warfare, the depiction of imperial ideals in Rome and Byzantium, and the administration of the late Roman Empire. He has published on late antique history and the iconography of imperial violence, and is currently working on a book about identities in late imperial administration.
Oliver Stoll
Oliver Stoll studied Classical Archaeology, Ancient History and Prehistory at the Universities of Mainz and Freiburg. In 1992 he graduated in Classical Archaeology (Mainz), and in 2001 graduated with the postdoctoral lecture qualification in Ancient History (Mainz). After several academic positions as research assistant and research fellow at the Universities of Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Mainz and Bamberg, he became Fellow (Scholarship) of the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum in Mainz (RGZM). Since 2007 he has been the Chair for Ancient History at the University of Passau. His research interests are the military history of antiquity, economic and social history, the history of religions in Imperial Rome, ancient slavery and provincial archaeology.
Tristan S. Taylor
Tristan S. Taylor is a lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of New England, and a University Associate in the College of Arts, Law and Education at the University of Tasmania. He researches in comparative genocide studies and the ancient world, usurpation in the Roman Empire and Roman law.