The important editions of the Antiquities follow:
Robert Estienne (Stephanus), Paris, 1546. The editio princeps of the Greek text. Books I.-XI. Based on the very inferior Cod. Reg. Paris. 1654-55.
Friedrich Sylburg. Frankfort, 1586. Books I.-XI. and the Excerpta de Legatiombus, translation (Gelenius’ version revised) and notes. Sylburg made use, chiefly in his notes, of two MSS., a Romanus (not to be identified) and a Venetus (272). Reprinted in careless form at Leipzig in 1691.
John Hudson. Oxford, 1704. Books I.-XI. with the Excerpta de Legationibus and Excerpta de Virtutibus et Vitiis, a revision of Portus’ Latin translation, and notes of various scholars. Hudson was the first to use the Urbinas (which he called Cod. Vaticamis), but cited its readings only in the notes.
J. J. Reiske, Leipzig, 1774-75. The text and translation of Hudson’s edition with Reiske’s own notes added. Too late to accomplish much in Vol. I., Reiske discovered that the printer was faithfully reproducing all the typographical errors of Hudson’s edition; but from Book III. 21 onward he corrected the proof sheets and also for the first time inserted the good readings of B in the text. Dionysius is often cited by the pages of this edition.
Adolf Kiessling, Leipzig (Teubner), 1860-70. Based on B, so far as possible.
Carl Jacoby, Leipzig (Teubner), 1885-1905; Index, 1925.
Adolf Kiessliug-Victor Prou, Paris (Didot), 1886. Greek text and Latin translation (Portus revised). An unfortunate edition. Kiessling, after getting the work fairly started, dropped it completely; and Prou, who was called upon to complete the task, was far from possessing Kiessling’s critical ability. Jacoby recognized the hand of Kiessling through the greater part of Books I.-III.; from that point on the edition has virtually no critical value.
Besides these complete editions of the Antiquities, selected chapters were edited by D. C. Grimm (Archaeologiae Romanae quae ritus Romanos explicat Synopsis), Leipzig, 1786; J. J. Ambroscb (i. 9-38; ii. — 1-29; ii. 30-56; ii. 64-74) in four academic Festschriften, Breslau, 1840-46; Fr. Ritschl (i. 1-30), Bonn, 1846. Angelo Mai published at Milan, in 1816, some fragments from an epitome contained in a Milan MS., Cod. Ambrosianus Q 13 sup., and its copy, A 80 sup. These are now included (as the Excerpia Ambrosiana) among the Fragments of Books XIl.-XX.