Bibliography
for Classical Studies 373 The Fall of the Roman Empire

Introduction: How to Use This Bibliography

This Bibliography is offered in support of Classical Studies 373, The Fall of the Roman Empire, an undergraduate course taught at the University of Waterloo both oncampus and in the distance mode. Not all books listed here will be available at the University of Waterloo Library; most will, but the list is meant to give a wide range of choices to those students using a variety of other libraries, and to those who are able to read this notice, a variety of online resources.

Instructions on how to consult and use the University of Waterloo Library as a Distance Education student are addressed in the course packet and the Distance Education Calendar. If you wish you may consult the University of Waterloo Library online, and click on Watcat, the Online Catalogue to search for a particular title at Waterloo and you can also search library catalogues elsewhere in Canada. If you need more help at Waterloo you may consult Christine Jewell, the representative for Classical Studies.

There is an increasing amount of material coming online which is not readily available elsewhere; hopefully those who can will take advantage of it. I discuss the Online Resources generally and for the individual lectures at Optional and Additional Resources for Classical Studies 373.

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Primary Sources: The Greek and Latin Authors

Loeb Classical Library, available in university libraries and some public libraries, is a series of Greek and Latin texts accompanied by a full translation in English, and often useful introduction and notes. The original language appears on the left page, the translation on the right. Published authors relative to the late antique period are:

Ammianus Marcellinus; St. Augustine; Ausonius; St. Basil; Eusebius; Julian; Boethius; Libanius; Philostratus; Procopius; Prudentius; St. Jerome; Sidonius Apollinaris.

Penguin is a well-known paperback and mass market publisher. Delivery is fairly speedy from the publisher if one wishes to order from a local bookstore. Published authors relative to the late antique period are:

Ammianus Marcellinus, St. Augustine, Eusebius, Boethius, Gregory of Tours

In addition, there are often older translations of authors available in many public libraries and used bookstores, and there are some modern ones not in the above series which may be found in libraries. If you have internet access many Christian and some of the pagan authors are available online and can be downloaded, for free. Almost all of the Christian authors have been translated but this is not true for pagan authors. When reading the Christian authors please be advised that until relatively recently translators often felt it their Christian duty to 'clean up' the elements in the ancient author which were not in accordance with the theological opinion the translator held, or his denomination held.

Nota Bene: If you are considering reading an ancient author for your essay please let me know, particularly if you have never read an ancient author before. You might like some suggestions on how to handle things like names, the author's viewpoint (many ancient authors had a particular ax to grind), and so on.

Books on the Roman world will usually be found in the 937 section of public libraries, or the DG section of university libraries. Primary sources (ancient authors in translation) are largely located in the 870's or the PA section. Sometimes it's just worth an afternoon's browsing time to see what one can find.

It is probably easiest to purchase books from your local bookstore, but if not, you may wish to inquire at the University of Waterloo Bookstore.

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Sourcebooks

These are collections of Greek and Latin authors grouped around a particular theme.

D. Brooke. Private Letters, Pagan and Christian
E. Clark, ed. Women in the Early Church
A.H.M. Jones.A History of Rome through the Fifth Century. v. II, the Empire
N. Lewis and M. Reinhold. Roman Civilization. Sourcebook II: The Empire
R. Macmullan and E. N. Lane, eds. Paganism and Christianity 100-425 CE.
R. S. Kraemer, ed. Maenads, Martyrs, Matrons, Monastics
J. Shelton. As the Romans Did
V. Wimbush, ed. Ascetic Behaviour in Greco-Roman Antiquity

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Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Reference Works

Hammond, N. and Scullard, H.H. (eds.) The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 2nd edn.
M.C. Howatson. The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, 2nd edn.
R. Stillwell,ed. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites.
Encyclopedia of the Early Church
Harper's Bible Dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
Oxford Dictionary of Christianity
Oxford Dictionary of Popes
Oxford Dictionary of Saints
Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity

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Geography

H. Chadwick. Atlas of the Christian Church
T. Cornell and J. Matthews. Atlas of the Roman World
C. Scarre. The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Roman World
R.J.A. Talbert (ed.). Atlas of Classical History
F. Van Der Meer. Atlas of the Early Christian World

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Studies of Individual Regions, Provinces and Cities

R.S. Bagnall. Egypt in Late Antiquity
A.K. Bowman. Egypt after the Pharoahs, 332 BC-AD 642
N. Adontz. Armenia in the Period of Justinian
P.H. Blair. Roman Britain and Early England, 55BC to AD 871
G. Downey. Constantinople in the Age of Justinian
J. Drinkwater and H. Elton, eds. Gaul in the Fifth Century
A.H.M. Jones. Cities of the Eastern Roman Empire
P. Geary. Before France and Germany
R. Krautheimer. Rome: Profile of a City 312-1308
C. Mango. Byzantium. The Empire of New Rome.
P. Salway. Roman Britain
C. Thomas. Christianity in Roman Britain

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History

Cambridge Ancient History
Cambridge History of the Bible
Cambridge Medieval History
Averil Cameron. The Later Roman Empire
------------------. The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity, AD 395-600
M. Cary and H.H. Scullard. A History of Rome. basic to Constantine and Diocletian.
F.M. Clover and R.S. Humphreys, eds. Tradition and Innovation in Late Latin Antiquity
M. Grant. A History of Rome.
A.H.M. Jones. The Later Roman Empire 2, 3 or 4 vols., depending on edition.
----------------. The End of the Ancient World. abridged edition of The Later Roman Empire
N.F. Kantor. Civilization of the Middle Ages
J. Matthews.Western Aristocracies and Imperial Court AD364-425
T. Mommsen. The Provinces of the Roman Empire
M. Rostovzeff. The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire. 2 vols.
C.G. Starr. The Roman Empire 27 BC- AD 476: A Study in Survival.

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Historical Studies of Individual Emperors and Others

J. Barker. Justinian and the Later Roman Empire
T.D. Barnes. Athanasius and Constantius
R.C. Blockley. Eastern Roman Foreign Policy: Formation and Conduct from Diocletian to Anastasius
G.W. Bowersock. Julian the Apostate
P. Brown. Augustine of Hippo
R. Browning. Justinian and Theodora
J. Burkhardt. The Age of Constantine the Great
Alan Cameron and J. Long. Barbarians and Politics at the Court of Arcadius
Averil Cameron. Procopius and the Sixth Century
H. Chadwick. Boethius: The Consolations of Music, Theology and Philosophy
D. Gordon. The Age of Attila the Hun: Fifth Century Byzantium and the Barbarians
P.A. Fowden. Julian and Hellenism
P. Geary. Before France and Germany
M.T. Gibson, ed. Boethius
M. Grant. Constantine, the man and his times
-----------. The Roman Emperors, A Biographical Guide to the Rulers of Rome, 31BC- AD476
K. Holum. Theodosian Empresses.
J.N.D. Kelly. Jerome
R. MacMullen. Constantine.
J.J. O'Donnell. Cassiodorus
C.E. Stevens. Sidonius Apollinaris and his Age
S. Williams. Diocletian and the Roman Recovery

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Government and Law

F.F. Abbott and A.C. Johnson. Municipal Administration in the Roman Empire
W.T. Arnold. The Roman System of Imperial Administration
A. Berger. An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law
P. Birks and G. McLeod, trans. Justinian's Institutes
W.W. Buckland. A Text-book of Roman Law from Augustus to Justinian
H.F. Jolowicz and B. Nicholas. Historical Introduction to Roman Law
A.H.M. Jones. Studies in Roman Government and Law
W. Kunkel. An Introduction to Roman Legal and Constitutional History
B. Nicholas. An Introduction to Roman Law
C. Pharr, translator. The Theodosian Code
G.H. Stevenson. Roman Provincial Administration
J.A.C. Thomas. Textbook of Roman Law
H.-J. Wolff. Roman Law: An Historical Introduction
J.K. Wylie. Roman Constitutional History from the Earliest Times to the Death of Justinian

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Theories about the Decline and Fall

A.E.R. Boak. Manpower Shortage and the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West
M. Chambers. The Fall of Rome
E. Gibbon. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
------------., edited by J.B. Bury
M. Grant. The Fall of the Roman Empire
R.M. Haywood. The Myth of Rome's Fall
R. Hodges and D. Whitehouse. Mohammed, Charlemagne and the Origins of Europe
W.E. Kaegi. Byzantium and the Fall of Rome
S. Katz.The Decline of Rome and the Rise of Medieval Europe
F. Lot. The End of the Ancient World and the Beginning of the Middle Ages
R. MacMullen. Corruption and the Decline of Rome
F. Millar. The Emperor in the Roman World
H. Pirenne. Mohamed and Charlemagne. the Pirenne Thesis is as famous as Gibbon's.
K. Randsborg. The First Millenium AD in Europe and the Mediterranean. An Archaeological Essay
I. Shahîd. Rome and the Arabs
-----------. Byzantium and the Arabs in the Fourth Century
R.W. Southern. The Making of the Middle Ages
F.W. Walbank. The Awful Revolution
L. White. The Transformations of the Roman World: Gibbon's Problem after Two Centuries.

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Leisure, Games, Culture and Literature

E. Auerbach. Literary Language and its Public in Late Latin Antiquity and the Middle Ages
R. Auguet. Roman Games. a rather grim study of the place of this institution
Alan Cameron. Circus Factions: Blues and Greens at Rome and Byzantium
Averil Cameron. Christianity and the Rhetoric of the Roman Empire. The Development of Christian Discourse
T.R. Glover. Life and Letters in the 4th Century
J.H. Humphrey. Roman Circuses
J. Marenborn. Early Medieval Philosophy
H. Marrou. A History of Education in the Ancient World. best study on the subject
L. Reynolds and N. Wilson. Scribes and Scholars.
H.O. Taylor. The Classical Heritage of the Middle Ages
F.A. Wright and T.A. Sinclair. A History of Later Latin Literature

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Society and Social Classes

M.T.W. Arnheim. Senatorial Aristocracy in the Later Roman Empire
P. Brown. The World of Late Antiquity
-------------The Making of Late Antiquity
------------- Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity
J. Burkhardt. The Age of Constantine the Great
S. Dill. Roman Society in the Last Century of the Western Empire
P.D.A. Garnsey. Social Status and Legal Privilege in the Roman Empire.
K. Hopkins. Conquerors and Slaves.
R. MacMullen. Roman Government's Response to Crisis
------------------. Enemies of the Roman Order.
------------------. Roman Social Relations.
R.A. Markus. Saeculum: History and Society in the Theology of Augustine
G.E.M. de Ste. Croix. The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World from the Archaic Age to the Arab Conquests..
R. Van Dam. Leadership and Community in Late Antique Gaul

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Private Life, Marriage, Family and Sex

J. Boswell. Christianity, Homosexuality and Social Intolerance
------------. The Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance.
G. Clark. Women in Late Antiquity: Pagan and Christian Lifestyles
M. Foucault. History of Sexuality
F. and J. Gies. Marriage and Family in the Middle Ages
J.E. Grubbs. Law and Family Life in Late Antiquity: The Emperor Constantine's Marriage Legislation
D. Herlihy. Medieval Households.
A. Rouselle. Porneia
Brent D. Shaw. 'The Family in Late Antiquity: the Experience of Augustine', Past and Present 115 (1987) 3-51.
--------------- 'Latin Funerary and Family life in the Later Roman Empire', Historia 33 (1984) 457-495
T. Wiedemann. Adults and Children in the Roman Empire
P. Veyne, edt. A History of Private Life I: from Pagan Rome to Byzantium. good essays

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Art, Architecture and Cities

J. Beckwith. Early Christian and Byzantine Art.
R. Bianchi-Bandinelli. Rome: The Centre of Power.
----------------------------. Rome: The Late Empire. worth looking at the pictures
N. Christie and S.T. Loseby. Towns in Transition: Urban Evolution in Late Antquity and the Early Middle Ages.
J.C.R. Fossier. The Village and House in the Middle Ages
A. Graber. Christian Art, etc. the most prolific author on the subject, many titles
E. Kitzinger. Byzantine Art in the Making
R. Krautheimer. Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture
------------------. Three Christian Capitals. Topography and Politics
S. MacCormack. Art and Ceremony in Late Antiquity
W. MacDonald. Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture
C. Mango. The Art of the Byzantine Empire 312-1453: Sources and Documents.
T. Mathews. The Clash of Gods: A Reinterpretation of Early Christian Art
P. L'Orange. Art Forms and Civic Life..
J. Rich. The City in Late Antiquity

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Pagan and Christian, and Magic

A. Barb. 'The Survival of the Magic Arts.' in A. Momigliano, ed., The Conflict between Paganism and Christianity in the Fourth Century
N.H. Baynes. Constantine the Great and the Christian Church
M. Beard and J. North, ed. Pagan Priests
S. Brock and S. Harvey. Holy Women of the Syrian Orient. (sourcebook)
P. Brown. The Body and Society
-------------Religion and Society in the Age of Saint Augustine
------------- 'Rise and Function of the Holy Man in Late Antiquity', Journal of Roman Studies (1972) 80-101.
------------- 'Sorcery, Demons and the Rise of Christianity: from Late Antiquity into the Middle Ages.' Witchcraft Confessions and Accusations: Association of Social Anthropologists Monographs 9 (1970) 17-45 = Religion and Society, 119-146.
------------. The Cult of the Saints
------------. Society and the Supernatural: A Mediaeval Change
H. Chadwick. The Early Church
D. J. Chitty. The Desert a City
A. Chuvin. Chronicle of the Last Pagans. Constantine's Pragmatism.
E. Clark. Ascetic Piety and Women's Faith
C.N. Cochrane. Christianity and Classical Culture
Patricia Cox. Biography in Late Antiquity: A Quest for the Holy Man
J. Ferguson. Religions of the Roman Empire
V.I.J. Flint. The Rise of Magic in Early Medieval Europe
G. Fowden. 'The pagan holy man in late antique society,' Journal of Hellenic Studies 102 (1982) 33-59
-------------. Empire to Commonwealth: Consequences of Monotheism in Late Antiquity
G. Fowden. The Egyptian Hermes: A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mind
R. Lane Fox. Pagans and Christians
W.H.C. Frend. The Rise of Christianity, etc. the foremost historian on the subject.
J. Gager. Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World
J. Herrin. The Formation of Christendom
J.N. Hillgarth. Christianity and Paganism, 350-750. original sources and commentary
M.L.W. Laistner. Christianity and Pagan Culture in the Late Roman Empire.
B.P. Levack, ed.Witchcraft in the Ancient World and the Middle Ages
G. Luck. Arcana Mundi. Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds
R. MacMullen. Paganism in the Roman Empire.
------------------. Christianising the Roman Empire.
H. Maguire, ed. Byzantine Magic
R.A. Markus. The End of Ancient Christianity
---------------. Saeculum: History and Society in the Theology of Augustine.
---------------. Christianity in the Roman World
R. Mathisen. Ecclesiastical Factioanlism and Religious Controversy in Fifth Century Gaul
J. Meyerdoff. Imperial Unity and Christian Divisions. The Church from 450-680 AD
A. Momigliano, ed.Pagan and Christian in the Fourth Century. excellent essays
J. Richards. The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages, AD 475-750.
P. Rousseau. Pachomius: The Making of a Community in Fourth Century Egypt
M. Sordi. The Christians and the Roman Empire
R. Van Dam. Leadership and Community in Late Antique Gaul

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Military and Barbarians

J.P.V. Balsdon. Romans and Aliens. for an earlier period, but still valid for later Empire
T.S. Burns. Barbarians within the Gates of Rome.
------------. A History of the Ostrogoths
J.B. Bury. The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians
N. Christie. The Lombards
A. Ferrill. The Fall of the Roman Empire: the Military Explanation
W. Goffart. Rome's Fall and After. collection of his articles
-------------. The Narrators of Barbarian History
P. Heather and J. Matthews. Goths in the Fourth Century
B. Isaac. The Limits of Empire: The Roman Army in the East
E. James. The Franks
E.N. Luttwak. The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire.
R. MacMullen. Soldier and Civilian in the Later Roman Empire.
M. Richter. The Formation of the Medieaval West: Studies in the Oral Culture of the Barbarians
E.A. Thompson.Barbarians and Romans
------------------. The Huns
------------------. The Goths in Spain
M. Todd. The Early Germans
J.M. Wallace-Hadrill. The Long-haired Kings and Other Studies in Frankish History
------------------------. The Barbarian West
C.R. Whittaker. Frontiers of the Roman Empire
H. Wolfram. History of the Goths

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Economy, Trade and Commerce

M.P. Charlesworth. Trade Routes and Commerce of the Roman Empire
W. Goffart. Caput and Colonate. late Roman taxation
--------------. Rome's Fall and After
K. Greene. Archaeology of the Roman Economy
A.H.M. Jones. The Roman Economy
J. I. Miller. The Spice Trade of the Roman Empire, 29 B.C. - A.D. 641
K.D. White. Roman Farming
S. Williams. Diocletian and the Roman Recovery
C. Wickham. 'The other transition: from the ancient world to feudalism,' Past and Present 103 (1984) 3-36

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Journals

The Journal of Roman Archaeology and The Journal of Roman Studies to start; there are many more worth browsing through if you get to a university library.

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