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Religion & Classical Warfare
Religion and Classical Warfare
The Roman Empire
Edited by
Matthew Dillon and
Christopher Matthew
First published in Great Britain in 2022 by
Pen & Sword Military
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Copyright Matthew Dillon and Christopher Matthew 2022
ISBN 978 1 47383 430 9
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Cover illustration: The river god Danuvius (Danube) looks on benignly as Roman soldiers invade Dacia using the bridge Trajan had constructed over the gods waters. Trajans Column, Rome.
Spine illustration: A bronze statuette of the god Jupiter Dolichenus dressed as a Roman Army officer, from his temple at Mauer an der Url (Austria). First half of the third century AD ; height: 32cm. Courtesy Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Antikensammlung, Inventory M1.
Abbreviations
Editorial abbreviations
c . | circa (about or approximately, used for dates) |
ed., eds | edited by |
ed. pr. | editio princeps (the first edition of an inscription, papyrus or manuscript) |
F, FF | Fragment, Fragments |
flor. | floruit: flourished; active during |
no., nos | number, numbers |
praef . | preface |
sv , svv | sub vide , see under |
trans. | translated by |
Abbreviations of Ancient Sources
Adamnan | ( c . AD 624704) De locis sanctis (On the Holy Places) |
Ael. | Aelian (c. AD 165/170230/235) |
Hist. | Varia historia (Hercher, R. (ed.), De natura animalium, Varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Leipzig, 186466) |
Nat. An. | De natura animalium (On the Nature of Animals) |
Ael. Tact. | Aelian the Tactician (second century AD ) (Kchly, H. & Rustow, M. (eds), De libris tacticis , Leipzig, 1885) |
Akropolites | George Akropolites ( AD 12171282) History |
Amb. | St Ambrose of Milan ( AD c. 340397) |
Ep . | Epistles |
Fide | De fide (Concerning Faith) |
Amm. Marc. | Ammianus Marcellinus (c. AD 330400) Res gestae (History) |
Anna Komnene | ( AD 1083c. 1154) Alexiad |
Anth. Pal. | Anthologia Palatina (Palatine Anthology/Greek Anthology), compiled c. AD 940 |
Apoll. Argon. | Apollonios of Rhodes (third century BC ) The Argonautika (schol.: Wendel, K. (ed.), Scholia in Apollonium Rhodium vetera , Berlin, 1935) |
Apollod. Bibl. | Apollodorus (first or second century AD ) Bibliotheke (The Library of Mythology) |
App. | Appian (c. AD 95165) |
Civ. | Civil War |
Hisp. | Spanish War |
Iber. | Iberian War |
It. | Italian War |
Lib . | Punic War |
Mith. | Mithridatic War |
Sam. | Samnite History |
Aratus Phaen . | Aratus ( c . 315240 BC ) Phainomena (Phenomena) (schol.: Martin, J. (ed.), Scholia in Aratum vetera , Stuttgart, 1974) |
Archil. | Archilochus ( c .680630 BC ) (West, M.L. (ed.), Iambi et elegi Graeci ante Alexandrum cantata , vols 12, Oxford, 1971 72) |
Arist. | Aristotle (384322 BC ) |
Hist. An. | Historia animalium (History of Animals) |
Pol . | Politics |
[Arist.] | PseudoAristotle |
Mir. Ausc . | (late fourththird century BC ?) De mirabilibus auscultationibus (On Marvellous Things Heard) |
Aristid. Or. | Aristides ( AD 117 c . 181) Orations |
Arnob. Adv. Nat . | Arnobius (late thirdearly fourth century AD ) Adversus nationes (Against the Nations; sometimes translated as Against the Heathens) |
Arr. Anab . | Arrian (second century AD ) Anabasis (Journey of Alexander the Great) |
Ascensio Isaiae | (late firstearly third century AD ) The Ascension of Isaiah |
Athanasius Ep. | ( c . AD 296373) Epistles |
Athen. Deip . | Athenaeus ( c . AD 200) Deipnosophistae (Wise Men at Dinner) |
Aug. Res Gest . | Augustus (63 BC AD 14) Res gestae divi Augusti (The Achievements of the Deified Augustus) |
August. | St Augustine ( AD 354430) |
Civ . | De civitate dei contra paganos (City of God Against the Pagans) |
Enn. in Ps. | Enarrationes in Psalmos (Expositions on the Psalms) |
Ep . | Epistles |
Faust. | Against Faustus |
Aur. Vict. Caes . | Aurelius Victor ( c . AD 320390) De Caesaribus (On the Caesars) |
See also Ps.-Aur. Vict. |
Avesta: Yasna | (fifthsixth century AD ?) (Panaino, A. (ed.), Titrya. Part I: The Avestan Hymn to Sirius. Part II: The Iranian Myth of the Star Sirius , Rome, 199095) |
Basil Ep. | St Basil ( AD 330379) Epistles |
Caes. | Julius Caesar (10044 BC ) |
Afr. | De bello Africo (The War in Africa) |