Act. Ab. |
Passio sanctorum Dativi, Saturnini presbyteri et aliorum. (Acts of the Abitinean Martyrs) |
Gesta con. Carth. |
Gesta Collationis Carthaginiensis cum Donatistis, AD 411 (Acts of the Council of Carthage with the Donatists in 411) |
Amm. |
Ammianus Marcellinus, Latin historian, 4th century AD |
Apul. Met. |
Apuleius of Madaura, Latin prose writer, 2nd century AD, Metamorphoses, or The Golden Ass |
Aristid. Or. |
Aelius Aristides, Greek orator, 2nd century AD, Orations |
Artem. On. |
Artemidorus Daldianus, author of a work on dream interpretation, 2nd century AD, Onirocriticus (The Interpretation of Dreams) |
Ath. |
Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, 4th century AD |
Apol. Contra Ar. |
Apologia contra Arianos (Defense against the Arians) |
Epist. AD ep. Aeg. |
Epistula AD episcopos Aegypti et Libyae |
et Lib. |
(Encyclical Letter to the Bishops of Egypt and Libya) |
Hist. Ar. |
Historia Arianorum AD Monachos (History of the Arians for the Monks) |
De synod. |
De Synodis (Concerning the Councils of the Church) |
Aug. |
Augustine of Hippo, bishop and writer, AD 354–430 |
Ad Donat. |
Ad Donatistas post collationem (Against the Donatist party after the Council) |
Breviculus |
Breviculus collationis cum Donatistis (Summary of the Council with the Donatists) |
C. Cresc. |
Contra Cresconium (Against Cresconius) |
C. Parm. |
Contra epistulam Parmeniani (Against the Letter of Parmenian) |
C. litt. Petil. |
Contra litteras Petiliani (Against the Letters of Petilianus) |
Ep. |
Epistulae (Letters) |
Aur. Vict., De Caes. |
Aurelius Victor, Latin historian, 4th century CE, De Caesaribus (Concerning the Emperors) |
[Aur. Vict.] Epit. |
Pseudo Aurelius Victor, Latin historian, 4th century CE, Epitome De Caesaribus (Short History Concerning the Emperors) |
Chron. Pasc. |
Chronicon Paschale (Easter Chronicle), chronicle of world history from Creation to ca. AD 630 |
Const. Orat. |
Constantine, emperor AD 306–337, Oratio ad Sanctos (Speech to the Assembly of the Holy) |
Cyp. Ep. |
Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, AD 249–258, Epistulae (Letters) |
Dio |
Cassius Dio, Greek historian of Rome, ca. 164–after AD 229 |
Epiph. Pan. |
Epiphanius of Salamis, Christian writer 4th–5th centuries AD, Panarion (Medicine Chest) |
Eunap. VP |
Eunapius of Sardis, Greek sophist and historian, 4th century CE, Vitae Philosopharum (Lives of the Philosophers) |
Eunap. |
Eunapius, History, ed. Blockley |
Euseb. |
Eusebius of Caesarea, bishop and scholar, ca. AD 260–339 |
HE |
Historia Ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History) |
LC |
De Laudibus Constantini (In Praise of Constantine) |
MP |
Martyrs of Palestine |
VC |
Vita Constantini (Life of Constantine) |
Eutrop. Brev. |
Eutropius, Latin historian, 4th century AD, Breviarium ab urbe condita (Brief History of Rome from its Foundation) |
Festus, Brev. |
Festus, Latin historian, 4th century AD, Breviarium (Brief History) |
Firm Mat. Math. |
Firmicius Maternus, 4th-century AD writer in astrology and religion, Mathesis |
Fronto, Ant. |
M. Cornelius Fronto, orator and tutor of Marcus Aurelius, ca. 95–ca. 166 CE, Letters to Antoninus Pius |
GL |
Grammatici Latini |
HA |
Historia Augusta, anon. history of Rome, 4th or 5th century CE |
Aurelian |
Life of Aurelian |
Cari, Carini et Num. |
Lives of Carus, Carinus and Numerian |
Herod. |
Herodian, Greek historian of Rome, 3rd century AD, History of the Empire from the Time of Marcus |
Jord. Get. |
Jordanes, historian of the 6th century AD, Getica (History of the Goths) |
Jos. BJ |
Josephus, 1st century AD, Bellum Judaicum (Jewish War) |
Jul. |
Julian “the Apostate,” Emperor 361–363 CE |
Caes. |
Caesares |
Or. |
Orations |
Lact. |
Lactantius, Christian apologist, ca. AD 240–ca. AD 320, |
DMP |
de Mortibus Persecutorum (Concerning the Deaths of the Persecutors) |
DI |
Insitutes Divinae (Divine Institutes) |
Lib. Or. |
Libanius, Greek rhetorician, AD 314–ca. AD 393, Orations |
Lk |
The Gospel According to Luke |
Luc. |
Lucian of Samosata, Greek prose writer, b. c. 120 AD |
Alex. |
Alexander the False Prophet |
Nigr. |
Nigrinus |
M. Theod. |
Martyrdom of Saint Theodotus of Ancyra |
Mal. |
John Malalas, Greek chronographer, ca. AD 490–570s, Chronographia (Chronicle) |
Marc. Aurel. Med. |
Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor AD 161–180, Meditations |
Opt. Tract. |
Optatus of Milevis, Against the Donatists |
Or. |
Origo Constantini imperatoris (Descent of the Emperor Constantine) |
Or. C. Cels. |
Origen, Alexandrian priest and scholar, probably AD 184/5–254/5, Contra Celsum (Against Celsus) |
Oros. Contra Pagan. |
Orosius, Christian Roman historian of the 5th century AD, Historia Contra Paganos (History against the Pagans) |
P. Ath. |
Passion of Athenogenes |
Pan. |
Latin Panegyrics |
Pet. Patr. |
Petrus Patricius, Historiae (Histories, ed. Müller FGH) |
Philostr. |
Philostratus of Athens, Greek sophist and writer, d. c. AD 244–249 |
VA |
Vita Apollonii (In honor of Apollonius of Tyana) |
VS |
Vitae Sophistarum (Lives of the Sophists) |
Phil. HE |
Philostorgius, Christian writer 5th century AD, Historia Ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History) |
Plin. HN |
Pliny the Elder, Roman politician and scholar, AD 23/4–79, Historia Naturalis (Natural History) |
Plin. Ep. |
Pliny the Younger, Roman politician, ca. AD 61–ca. AD 12, Epistulae (Letters) |
Procop. Aed. |
Procopius, Greek historian, 6th century AD, De Aedificiis (Concerning Buildings) |
Socr. HE |
Socrates of Constantinople, Greek historian, 5th century AD, Historia Ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History) |
Soz. HE |
Sozomen, Greek historian, 5th century AD, Historia Ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History) |
Suet. Jul. |
Suetonius, Latin biographer, ca. AD 70–ca. AD 130, Life of Julius Caesar |
T. Theos. |
Theosophiae Tubingensis (Tübingen Theosophy) |
Tac. Agr. |
Tacitus, Roman historian, ca. AD 56–after ca. AD 118, Agricola |
Theod. HE |
Theodoret, Christian historian 5th century AD, Historia Ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History) |
Theoph. Chron. |
Theophanes, Chronographia (chronicle of world history from AD 284–813) |
Zon. |
Johannes Zonaras, Byzantine historian, 12th century AD, Epitome of the Histories from the Creation to 1118 |
Zos. |
Zosimus, Greek historian, late 5th–6th century AD, New History |