The Fragmentary Latin Histories of Late Antiquity (AD 300–620)
Edition, Translation and Commentary

The first systematic collection of fragmentary Latin historians from the period AD 300–620, including translation and commentary.

Lieve Van Hoof (Edited and translated by), Peter Van Nuffelen (Edited and translated by)

9781108420273, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 25 June 2020

342 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.66 kg

'The value of the volume lies not only in that the fragmentary material has been made available in a good edition and translation, but also in the comprehensive one, always stimulating discussion performance, which is certainly rightly based on a fundamental skepticism towards speculative constructions. Without a doubt, a standard work has been created here. A rich and useful Bibliography concludes the volume and provides an impression of the intensive research work that was reflected there.' Bruno Bleckmann, Histos

The first systematic collection of fragmentary Latin historians from the period AD 300–620, this volume provides an edition and translation of, and commentary on, the fragments. It proposes new interpretations of the fragments and of the works from which they derive, whilst also spelling out what the fragments add to our knowledge of Late Antiquity. Integrating the fragmentary material with the texts preserved in full, the volume suggests new ways to understand the development of history writing in the transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages.

Introduction
1. Carminius
2. Anonymous, On the origins of Padua
3. Nicomachus Flavianus
4. Nummius Aemilianus Dexter
5. Protadius
6. Naucellius
7. Anonymous, History of Rome
8. Pseudo-Hegesippus
9. Sulpicius Alexander
10. Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus
11. Favius
12. Consentius
13. Ablabius
14. Maximian of Ravenna
15. Symmachus the Younger
16. Marcellinus Comes
17. Cassiodorus
18. Roterius
19. Secundus of Trent
20. Maximus of Zaragoza
Spuria et dubia
21. Bruttius
22. Latinus Alcimus Alethius Rhetor
23. Tyconius.

Subject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 [HBLC], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA], European history [HBJD]